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Sunday, December 16, 2012

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Boy, 11, finds (unlicensed) gun in father's house (where dad likes to "work on his rifles").  Shoots four rounds off in backyard with younger sister there and dad in house, who does nothing.  Sister gets bloodied somehow.  Kid then takes gun and uses in a carjacking--outside a church--with an accomplice, who is age 7.   All in Portland where, as I reported last night, a gun shop had its busiest day ever the day after the Newtown shootings.  Full report here.

Boy, 12.  in Missouri shot dead by friend playing with grandfather's gun.

Earlier this week, boy in Houston, age 4, finds dad's gun, shoots himself in head.  Boy in Minneapolis, 4, shoots brother, age 2. Great quote:  "Very clearly, a 4-year-old should never have access to a firearm, loaded or unloaded," said Sgt. William Palmer, a spokesman for the Minneapolis Police Department.

I could go on.

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