Archive for May 28th, 2009

A three-year-old girl in the US state of California has accidentally shot her younger brother dead with a gun found in her home, say police.

The girl is believed to have found the .45 calibre semi-automatic handgun under her parents’ bed.

Her two-year-old brother was taken to Kern County hospital with a critical chest wound but later died.

Police investigating the incident and said the children’s mother was at home at the time.

Police Sgt Greg Terry said police would be looking at whether the weapon had been safely and securely secured.

“It’s so important that if you’re going to have firearms in your possession, make sure they’re stored safely, so that incidents like this don’t occur,” local media quoted Sgt Terry as saying.

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When you read such news that you feel like screaming at the parents, “What are you?? Stupid??!!”. It is just too sad when you think that such tragedies can be prevented if the parents had thought of keeping the gun somewhere out of reach.

Only yesterday we read news of Mike Tyson’s 4 year old daughter, who died when she accidentally got strangled on a threadmill cable.

I know that this sort of thing can happen to anyone. Even to the most cautious among us. It’s a reminder for us parents to keep your eyes peeled and not to leave your kids, under 7 at least, out of your supervision for long stretch of time.

I am not the sort of person who follows any sort of trends. I’d go for something that look good on me and reflects my personality. I had very short hair and I had very long hair. Currently I am wearing my hair long. Just past the shoulder length.