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   From: jmhvac@waco.invalid   
      
   On 6/6/2025 1:12 AM, useapen wrote:   
   > A 9-year-old boy allegedly accidentally shot and killed his 5-year-old   
   > sister with their father's AR-style rifle, according to police and court   
   > documents.   
   >   
   > Their father, 33-year-old Irvin Ramos-Jimenez, told police he was out   
   > front of his Phoenix home Tuesday night when he heard a loud bang inside,   
   > according to the probable cause statement. He said he ran into his son’s   
   > room where he found his daughter with a gunshot wound to her torso, the   
   > documents said.   
   >   
   > Ramos-Jimenez told police he and his girlfriend rushed the little girl to   
   > a psychiatric center to meet an ambulance. He said he dropped off his   
   > daughter and girlfriend and then drove back home where his children had   
   > been left unattended with the gun, the documents said.   
   >   
   > Ramos-Jimenez said he stored his weapon "in the top shelf of his son’s   
   > bedroom," adding that "his son must have grabbed the gun," according to   
   > the probable cause statement.   
   >   
   > Ramos-Jimenez has been arrested for possession of a weapon by a prohibited   
   > person, Phoenix police said.   
   >   
   > Ramos-Jimenez was convicted in 2021 of transporting and/or trafficking   
   > narcotics, according to court documents. He’s barred from having a firearm   
   > and he told police he bought the AR-style rifle "through a private sale   
   > for personal protection," the probable cause document said.   
      
   What?  All those Democrat gun laws didn't prevent this?  Why not?   
      
   > "We ask all gun owners to ensure that all guns are stored in a location,   
   > preferably a secured safe, out of reach of all children in the home or who   
   > may visit," Phoenix Police Sgt. Robert Scherer told ABC News via email.   
   > "No family should ever have to endure the loss of a child in circumstances   
   > like these."   
   >   
   > Guns are the leading cause of death for children in the U.S., according to   
   > the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.   
   >   
   > Each year, hundreds of kids in the U.S. access loaded firearms and   
   > accidentally shoot themselves or someone else, according to Everytown for   
   > Gun Safety. The worst year on record was 2023, when there were more than   
   > 400 unintentional shootings by kids, Everytown said.   
   >   
   > So far this year, kids have carried out at least 66 unintentional   
   > shootings, resulting in at least 30 deaths, according to Everytown.   
      
   Heck that's nothing.  Chicago does that in one night.   
      
   > https://abcnews.go.com/US/9-year-accidentally-shoots-kills-5-year-   
   > sister/story?id=122527150   
      
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