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6 August 2013

Slate (USA), Blog

On Sunday afternoon, a 6-year-old Danville, Va., boy was sitting at home when he somehow got hold of a loaded handgun that had been left unattended by its adult owner. He fired the gun, and the bullet went through a wall and hit a 22-month-old girl. The child was taken to a local hospital. She's currently in stable condition. If you're familiar with my coverage of unintentional child shootings like these, you know that now's the time where I usually chide local law... (GunPolicy.org)

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