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Eugene

(62,626 posts)
Fri May 6, 2016, 03:12 PM May 2016

Florida mom, shot by four-year-old, won't face charges over gun

Source: Reuters

World | Fri May 6, 2016 3:25pm EDT

Florida mom, shot by four-year-old, won't face charges over gun

TAMPA, FLA. | BY LETITIA STEIN

A Florida mother agreed to store her gun more safely and take other steps to avoid criminal charges after her four-year-old son picked up the gun she kept in her car and accidentally shot her in the back, state prosecutors said on Friday.

Jamie Lynn Gilt, 31, has entered a deferred prosecution agreement on a charge of unsafe storage of a firearm, Spencer Hathaway, a spokesman for State Attorney's Office in Florida's Seventh Judicial Circuit, said in a statement.

She is required to complete a gun safety course and install a mounted holster in her vehicle, and show proof that firearms in her home are safely stored, the statement said.

Gilt must also give 10 speeches about the March 8 incident, which drew wide attention after local media reported she was a staunch advocate for the right to carry guns, citing her apparent comments on social media.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-florida-shooting-idUSKCN0XX1Z4
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Florida mom, shot by four-year-old, won't face charges over gun (Original Post) Eugene May 2016 OP
Sounds reasonable to me TeddyR May 2016 #1
sounds like a case of neglect and child endangerment to me rurallib May 2016 #2
What would you propose? TeddyR May 2016 #3
Want her in jail, or making those speeches? Eleanors38 May 2016 #4
 

TeddyR

(2,493 posts)
1. Sounds reasonable to me
Fri May 6, 2016, 03:23 PM
May 2016

She was the one shot and she agreed to make changes so it wouldn't happen again.

 

TeddyR

(2,493 posts)
3. What would you propose?
Fri May 6, 2016, 04:55 PM
May 2016

Prison time? I have no idea what the normal sentence is for child endangerment when a child isn't actually injured. Do you think people should get a stiff sentence for letting children have access to knives or scissors?

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