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Gun Control Reform Activism

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Robb

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Mon Jun 24, 2013, 11:56 AM Jun 2013

Responsible Gun Owner of the Day [View all]

http://www.berthoudrecorder.com/2013/06/24/responsible-gun-owner-of-the-day/

Police: 5-year-old girl fatally shoots self in La.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Police say a 5-year-old girl fatally shot herself when her mother locked her inside their home and went to the store.

The New Orleans Police Department said in a news release the girl was home alone Sunday, somehow found her mother’s revolver, and accidentally shot herself in the head. The mother, 28-year-old Laderika Smith, will be booked on a charge of second-degree murder. Police say her negligence resulted in the death of her daughter....



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