Florida mom says 4-year-old son shot her in the back
This is what happens when you keep loaded weapons around toddlers and older. If you are going to have a gun don't keep it loaded around little kids unless you want you or them dead. Some responsible kids who are trained to be around loaded guns are okay. But generally this isn't a good idea. In the old days kids were trained to use guns at 4 to 6 years old but if you are going to do this you have to put the fear of God in them or you are still going to be shot. It isn't the 1950s or before still.
PALATKA,
Fla. -- A north Florida woman told deputies her 4-year-old son shot her
in the back while he was sitting in the back seat of her pickup truck.
PALATKA, Fla. -- A north
Florida woman told deputies her 4-year-old son shot her in the back
while he was sitting in the back seat of her pickup truck.
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Putnam County Sheriff's Office news release says a deputy saw
31-year-old Jamie Gilt of Jacksonville behaving frantically inside the
truck Tuesday afternoon and quickly realized she'd been shot.
The
release says the woman told deputies her son accidentally shot her. He
wasn't harmed and was reunited with family members. The Department of
Children and Families will investigate. CBS affiliate WTEV reports
that deputies found Gilt with a bullet wound inside her truck with a
horse trailer on the back stopped in travel lanes on a highway. She was
on her way to pick up a horse, according to deputies.
Deputies say a .45-caliber handgun was on the truck's floor.
Gilt was taken to a Gainesville hospital, where she was in stable condition later Tuesday.
Authorities are investigating.
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Facebook page adorned with the image of the Putnam County mother
holding a gun drew worldwide attention Wednesday, WTEV reports.
CBS News
The page, titled "Jamie Gilt for Gun Sense,"
received numerous comments from around the world after the woman's
story of getting shot by her son spread. The Facebook page has now also
been filled with many comments about gun control and gun laws.
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