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Police said the teenagers were playing with starter pistols and toy guns, and then the 15-year-old boy got a handgun from his grandmother's room, pointed it at his sister and shot her in the face.


The boy told police he did not know the gun was loaded. Police said they are working on the shooting as a tragic accident.

If you must have a gun, please be smart enough to keep it:
A: Outta Sight of Children (of all ages)
B: Unloaded
C: Locked

There is no reason beyond stupidity that a 15 year old boy would pick up a gun, and point it at some one's face- regardless of whether he "thought" it was loaded or not. The first law of touching guns, the first thing you should do when you handle a gun is check to see if it is loaded, and if it locked.

While I can only blame the adults around this boy for not teaching him important lessons about gun safety, I have to say that I'm surprised there will be no charges against anyone involved. There is a difference between an accident, and a lack of instruction children as to proper gun handling, and keeping firearms in a safe place away from they can be used in the childish antics of young ones.
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Ann said…
I couldn't have said it any better. This type of situation happens too many times. Whoever this gun belongs to should be punished. It is their responsibility to keep it under lock and key. For a child to find it and fire it is wrong. Children need to be taught to fear guns so that they won't touch them. You never point a weapon at a person's face ever. To say I did not think it was loaded is the worst excuse. I guess a child may be honest in saying that but it starts with the adults to keep these weapons out of sight and reach of anyone.
27/12/06
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