3-yr old shoots Mom (Thank You, Fark.com)

[Thain]

3-year-old boy shoots mom in the knee
Associated Press

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A 3-year-old boy shot his mother in the knee with a 9mm handgun he had found under a couch cushion over the weekend, police said.

It was the second time the boy had handled the gun on Sunday. The mother had taken the gun away from the child and removed the bullets - apparently overlooking one in the chamber - and put the weapon back on the couch.

When the boy picked the gun up a second time, it fired. "It appears to be accidental," said St. Paul police spokesman Pete Crum.

The woman was taken to Regions Hospital, with non-life-threatening injuries. "It could have been much more tragic had the child shot himself or hit the woman in a more vital area," Crum said.

The boy was put in the care of his father.

Authorities removed several guns from the home. Crum said they were all legal.

Police said they would forward the case to the Ramsey County Attorney's office for possible child-endangerment charges.

"There are two lessons to learn: Don't let your children play with guns. Always treat a gun as though it's loaded," Crum said.

Umm... Rule Five, if you are going to store a loaded gun under a sofa cushion then you should know how to A) properly unload it B) have the safety ON C) not keep one in the chamber.

I seriously doubt a 3-year old was able to turn off the safety and cycle the action. So the damn thing was in Condition One or Two, under a sofa cushion, and the dumb lady puts it back there after her kid found it. :vomit:

On the plus side, St. Paul's police spokesman seems surprisingly calm and perhaps even a tad pro-gun.

Authorities removed several guns from the home. Crum said they were all legal.

Police said they would forward the case to the Ramsey County Attorney's office for possible child-endangerment charges.

"There are two lessons to learn: Don't let your children play with guns. Always treat a gun as though it's loaded," Crum said.

Wow. The police remind the Masses of two of the most basic rules, and the County Attorney isn't launching a 'Grab All The Guns, Sue The Gunmaker, Think Of The Children' crusade.

 

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