Courtesy of Newsweek:
The 3-year-old daughter of a Georgia sheriff's deputy accidentally shot herself in the leg in Dodge County, according to the local news channel WMGT.
The little girl, who was not identified because of her age, is the daughter of Deputy Dorian Johnson and Lakeasha Smith. Dodge County Sheriff Lynn Sheffield told local media that while moving some furniture around in the family's home, Smith had removed the gun from a chest of drawers and put it on the bed. At the time, Smith believed the girl was in a different room, but it appears that the child crawled onto the bed, picked up the gun and shot herself in the right leg.
The weapon was a personal firearm of Johnson's, not a police-issued gun. He was not at home during the incident.
I actually feel badly for this father since it seems he took steps to keep his firearm out of the reach of his daughter. However a gun in the house, by definition increases the likelihood that somebody will be shot, whether on purpose of accidentally.
The minute this firearm entered the house the possibility of his child being shot went up 100%.
Simply put guns are designed to kill. Even guns owned by law enforcement professionals.
Three year old finds gun and promptly shoots herself in the leg. Sadly this is considered a positive outcome for a shooting in America.
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