Notwithstanding the bravado of Rambo wannabes the sad truth is that gun owner ship more often ends in heartbreak. The following are not rarities -- these tragedies are all to common:
Ja'Mecca Smith was the youngest of seven children, the baby of the family. She loved tic-tac-toe and the Disney movie "Frozen" and the color red. She was a member of the first grade honor roll, a cheerful little girl with a sense of humor and a gap-toothed smile.
But police say a combination of negligence, a child's curiosity and cruel circumstance ended her life Saturday, when Ja'Mecca accidentally shot herself in the head with a loaded gun she found tucked between the cushions of a sofa in her father's home. ...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...er-fatally-shoots-herself-20151130-story.html
Ja'Mecca Smith was the youngest of seven children, the baby of the family. She loved tic-tac-toe and the Disney movie "Frozen" and the color red. She was a member of the first grade honor roll, a cheerful little girl with a sense of humor and a gap-toothed smile.
But police say a combination of negligence, a child's curiosity and cruel circumstance ended her life Saturday, when Ja'Mecca accidentally shot herself in the head with a loaded gun she found tucked between the cushions of a sofa in her father's home. ...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...er-fatally-shoots-herself-20151130-story.html
