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UK: Idaho Walmart shooting is latest example of fatal combination of children and guns
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On 30 December, an Idaho woman was accidentally shot dead by her two-year-old son while shopping at a local Walmart.
Such cases involving young children and firearms are shocking but not altogether uncommon in the US. Each year, dozens of children are killed in unintentional shootings; others pull the trigger, accidentally injuring and killing parents, siblings and friends.
“These are preventable deaths,” said Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. “They’re tragic and horrible, but ultimately preventable. |
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gariders
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| And we might just as well ban home swimming pools, Motorcycles, bicycles, well the list goes on and on. |
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-none-
(1/2/2015)
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the guardian....not as conservative as reputed.
anyway, time for stats again: preventable yes, a pico-fraction of the total, yes... |
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