Police say her father was cleaning the gun inside a home Friday night and thought the weapon was unloaded, but it discharged, striking the girl in the head.
Protection is the top reason people own guns.
She will never have a first kiss.
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4-year-old accidentally shoots, kills 2-year-old brother after mistaking gun for toy
It’s not yet clear how the 4-year-old boy had access to the weapon, which he fired Tuesday morning, striking his 2-year-old brother
The only way to stop a bad toddler with a gun is a good toddler with a gun.
And then there’s this gem:
Neighbor Linda Eddy told WTVR she’s known the Aponte family for more than a decade.
“There’s no way they would leave a loaded gun out,” she said. “They’re good people, good Christians good people, they take care of their children [and] make sure they have everything they need.”
The kid needed a toy. The parents provided a toy.
Also, I’m not sure if these parents are good Christians for church attendance or going to hell for reckless endangerment. But they are a working class example of Darwinism.
Man killed by police was US Navy vet trying to break up fight
“The gun slipped out of the holster when he had fallen, and I think he may have tried to retrieve it,” Smith said, adding that the officers began firing as soon as they saw the weapon.
“A good guy with a gun” pop quiz.
But Donald Dietz, 25, an employee at the sports bar, claimed that the officers warned Washington first.
“They warned him multiple times not to reach for it, but he did,” Dietz said. “People think they were overzealous, but they had to do it.”
Toddler, 2, dies of self-inflicted gunshot
Police said it was unclear who owned the gun, whether it was the child’s parents or the adults watching the child at the time.
“You’re required to, if you have firearms in the home, they need to be locked and out of reach of children,” Beck told KFSN.
The child was rushed to the hospital, but did not survive.
Four adults had one job: keep the baby from blowing its head off.
Accidental shooting between teens with special needs leaves one dead
According to police, one of the teens, a 21-year-old with “significantly diminished capabilities” allegedly picked up the gun from under the seat and shot and killed 17-year-old Zachary Chambless of Dunwoody with the gun.
“Make sure the mentally disabled don’t blow their heads off,” is probably on the first page of the employee handbook.
92-Year-Old Shoots and Kills Son
Fox 10 Phoenix: 92-year-old mother refuses to go to assisted living facility, shoots and kills son
Blessing retrieved two pistols and concealed them in the pockets of her robe then confronted her son in his bedroom.During the confrontation, Blessing stated that she removed the handgun and fired multiple rounds striking and killing her son. She then pointed the gun at her son’s girlfriend and the two struggled over the weapon when it was dislodged from her hand. Blessing retrieved the second handgun and attempted to point it at the girlfriend, who knocked it from Blessing’s possession.
Technically, jail can be described as a type of “assisted living facility”.