gun safety
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Officer’s 12-Year-Old Son Accidentally Shoots Mom Dead: A Cautionary Tale
It’s unclear how the boy found the loaded firearm in the home or who it belonged to.
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Latest Mass Shooting, in Odessa, Texas, Got Beto O’Rourke ‘F—ked Up’
With the increasing occurrences of mass shootings, America is turning into the killing fields, literally. The latest on Saturday in Odessa, Texas—left 21 injured and five dead when some fool opened fire during a traffic stop and then continued shooting at folks while driving down a highway and then into a shopping area. Democratic presidential…
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Why Can’t Getting a Gun Be Like Getting a Driver’s License? A Conversation With NRA TV’s Colion Noir
In the 24 hours it takes for this column to be written, edited, copy edited and uploaded to The Root and to end up on your phone, about 318 people across the United States will have been shot (in fact, the shooting at YouTube headquarters happened between writing my first and second drafts of this…
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Missouri Boy Looking for Candy Finds Gun Instead, Accidentally Shoots and Kills 7-Year-Old Brother
The family of a 7-year-old St. Louis boy who was killed over the weekend believes that the boy’s younger brother found the gun and accidentally killed his sibling while looking for candy. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that little Jermon Perry was shot in the head at his home around 2:15 p.m. Saturday. He was…
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Georgia Teacher Opened Fire Inside a Classroom, Sending Students Into Panic
A Georgia teacher sent students and faculty into panic after he fired at least one shot inside a classroom, spiking tensions even further after the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the incident occurred at Dalton (Ga.) High School, some 91 miles northwest of Atlanta. The incident unfolded around 11:30…
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Chicago 5-Year-Old Who Was Shot in Drive-by Last Year Shoots Self in the Hand: Report
Little Kavan Collins was walking down a Chicago street with his mother in June 2016 when he was hit in the face by a stray bullet from a drive-by shooting. On Tuesday, the 5-year-old accidentally shot himself in the hand with a handgun he found in the home of a family member, authorities said. The…
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Fla. Cop Sent for More Training After Accidentally Using Taser on 10-Year-Old During Gun-Safety Lesson
A Plantation, Fla., police officer will be sent for additional training after accidentally deploying her Taser on a 10-year-old boy right after telling the child and his brother that the weapon wasn’t a toy. According to the Sun-Sentinel, the boy suffered only minor injuries, but investigators noted that if the probes had penetrated deeper into…
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Police Arrest Man in Fatal Accidental Shooting of 5-Year-Old Fla. Girl
Police have arrested 34-year-old Maurice Antonio Mobley in connection with the fatal accidental shooting of a 5-year-old girl over the weekend, Action News Jax reports. Mobley is facing charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, the Jacksonville, Fla., Sheriff’s Office confirmed. He is the boyfriend of the mother of 5-year-old Serenity Allen,…
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Former Colts Running Back Zurlon Tipton Dies After Accidentally Shooting Himself
Former Indianapolis Colts running back Zurlon Tipton died Tuesday after accidentally shooting himself at a car dealership in Detroit, ESPN reports. The 26-year-old was reportedly handling a duffel bag when a gun inside the bag fired as he dropped off his car to be looked at, police said. “Zurlon was a dude you rooted for—an…
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NJ Mom Facing Charges After 5-Year-Old Boy Fatally Shoots 4-Year-Old Brother
A New Jersey mother is facing multiple charges after her 5-year-old son shot his 4-year-old brother in the head while playing with her gun, killing the younger child, the Washington Post reports. The shooting, which authorities have classified as accidental, occurred at the family’s East Orange, N.J., home around 11 a.m. Saturday, the Jersey Journal…