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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhile mom loads groceries, preschooler shoots himself
While his mom loaded groceries outside a Kroger store in Troy, her curious preschooler found a 9 mm Smith and Wesson handgun in the console of their Ford Mustang and shot himself in the side, police said.
Another inch or two to one side and that child could be dead and joining the statistics of fatal firearms accidents.
Instead, "it's just a flesh wound and he's already out of surgery" at Troy-Beaumont Hospital, after the bullet exited through the rear of the child's leg, Troy Police Capt. Robert Redmond said.
Another inch or two to one side and that child could be dead and joining the statistics of fatal firearms accidents.
Instead, "it's just a flesh wound and he's already out of surgery" at Troy-Beaumont Hospital, after the bullet exited through the rear of the child's leg, Troy Police Capt. Robert Redmond said.
More: http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2015/11/06/preschooler-shoots-himself/75309372/
Practically commonplace now. Barely newsworthy nowadays, it seems. That's wrong.
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msongs
(67,413 posts)1. america's gun owners contributing to society. hope she had insurance nt
Doesn't she know that good parenting requires that she hide all guns, meth and ciggies from tje little ones?
Initech
(100,080 posts)3. Just a flesh wound?
Guess this is what we get when we're desensitized to guns.
eppur_se_muova
(36,266 posts)5. Clearly superficial ...
MisterP
(23,730 posts)4. but if people become de-desensitized, somebody might do something!
lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)6. Is there a sane planet I can re-locate to?
Sometimes the stupidity of humanity is beyond my comprehension.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)7. So glad the kid survived
paul ofnoclique
(81 posts)9. Me too
But I'm wondering if his mom will learn anything from the incident.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)10. she will not
gun humpers blame everything but the gun culture
Logical
(22,457 posts)8. I hope mom spends some time in jail. Weekends are fine. nt
Glad the child is going to be ok physically, but I would imagine that mentally, he's going to have some issues.
Mom should be charged with child endangerment and do some time in jail.