Girl, 3, shot by 5 year old after getting gun from a 9 year old.
In the backyard of a home in the 3200 block of Colfax Avenue, the girl was shot in the chest at about 10:15 a.m. The victim was shot a single time, with the bullet entering and exiting without breaking any bones.
The child underwent surgery and was listed in critical condition but stable condition Monday.
The initial Pueblo police investigation indicates that a 9-year-old male child was able to get ahold of a handgun that was in the home. The 9-year-old was in the backyard of the Colfax home with other children when he manipulated the gun. The gun was then handled by a 5-year-old gender unknown who pointed it at the victim and pulled the trigger.
When the 9-year-old was asked by police how he was able to manipulate the handgun, he said he learned it from video games.
- See more at: http://www.chieftain.com/news/crime/2783371-120/police-child-jay-girl
mikeysnot
(4,780 posts)not the guns... or the gun owner.
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)Children with guns can and often kill other children but it is always just an accident because gun owners are not criminals who shouldn't have guns they are just everyday people like you and me good guys and gals who believe in their 2nd amendment rights to do any fucking thing they think that amendment allows them to do with the fucking gun that can't on it's own kill a kid.
mikeysnot
(4,780 posts)Law Abiding!
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)orwell
(8,002 posts)...all of the kids should have been armed. There was no deterrent for the 5 year old.