A 3-year-old boy shot his mother in the knee with a 9mm handgun he had found under a couch cushion over the weekend, police said. It was the second time the boy had handled the gun on Sunday. | "Jack Junior, I told you to leave that alone." |
The mother had taken the gun away from the child and removed the bullets apparently overlooking one in the chamber and put the weapon back on the couch. When the boy picked the gun up a second time, it fired. "It appears to be accidental," said St. Paul police spokesman Pete Crum. Or he was trying to get Mom to tell him where the canisters of nerve gas cookies are hidden.... |
The woman was taken to Regions Hospital, with non-life-threatening injuries. "It could have been much more tragic had the child shot himself or hit the woman in a more vital area," Crum said. The boy was put in the care of his father. | Two suggestions. (1) Keep the kid away from Mom's for now. (2) When he reaches the age of 7, make sure he takes the NRA safety course. Okay, (3) Start him with a .22. Shoot 'n See targets make a great stocking stuffer at XMAS, too. |
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