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Child Shot Dead with Illegal Handgun, How Many Children Must We Lose?
23 December 2009
Record (New Jersey), Editorial
SENSELESS. TRAGIC. This is where we begin in considering the terrible death of 5-year-old Daron Mayes of Paterson.
He was playing with a 6-year-old relative at home on Sunday night. The 6-year-old found a loaded handgun - a semi-automatic, which loads a new bullet into the chamber each time it is fired. The child played with the weapon, and accidently shot Daron in the back of the head, police say. Police attempted to revive the boy, but could not.
Police have... (GunPolicy.org)