Boy, 11, shoots sister, 6, in head. But it's got nothing to do with the gun.

Because if there hadn't been a gun in the house the boy would have accidentally gouged a hole in his sister's head with a claw hammer I guess?

The magical thinking of gun nuts is just fucking amazing.

From the Herald:

An 11-year-old boy in Bell County accidentally shot his 6-year-old sister in the head with a pistol while the two were unsupervised, according to Kentucky State Police.

The shooting left the girl in critical condition, according to a news release.

The shooting happened Tuesday about 8:30 p.m. in the Blackmont community.

Trooper Shane Jacobs, a state police spokesman, said he was told the parents of the boy and girl had gone to a nearby store. Police did not release the names of the parents or children.

SNIP

 The Herald-Leader reported last year that it’s rare in Kentucky for parents to be prosecuted after an accidental child shooting involving an unsecured firearm, despite at least 36 children being shot — 15 fatally — in the preceding five years in accidental child shootings.

Yes, the parents acted negligently and stupidly. But again, that's not the problem here. Kids left alone in a house with no guns rarely accidentally shoot their siblings.

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/article201612144.html#storylink=cpy

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