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Warning in Philippine Story '6yr-old Kills Soldier Dad with Own Handgun'
25 June 2009
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Editorial
Private First Class Apolonio Pacioles was home from the battlefield. He had managed to go on leave — from the Army's 54th Infantry Battalion, based currently somewhere in Mindanao — just in time for Father's Day. He returned to his house in Quezon City on Saturday, and he was up early the following day. At about 6 a.m, he asked his five-year-old son to do something for him: fetch his service firearm for him.
A poignant passage in the news report that appeared in... (GunPolicy.org)