Girl, age 8, gifts teacher a loaded .22 pistol
An eight year old girl at Allamanda Elementary school in Palm Springs, Florida, gave her teacher an end-of-term present containing toiletries and a loaded .22 pistol. It is thought that the girl added the gun to the parcel without her grandmothers knowledge.
The mainstream media have focused on the unusual gift, but a loaded gun in a box or parcel is very unlikely to cause harm, but a loaded gun in reach of an eight year old is a disaster waiting to happen.
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Come on, people, it's just an anecdote. Besides, it's not like this girl knew anything about firearm safety, which is why things could have turned bad. Thankfully they didn't.
This is why gun safety needs to be taught so anecdotes like this stay anecdotes.
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