▲ A 2-year-old girl in the United States shot herself in the face while playing with a dog carelessly left by her parents. He is said to be in a serious condition at the moment. A shocking incident occurred when a 2-year-old child who lived in Michigan, USA, shot himself in the face while playing with a semi-automatic pistol. The child is in a serious condition, and the child’s parents are expected to be sentenced to life in prison for mishandling firearms.
According to reports from local media such as the New York Post on the 21st (local time), on the 14th, Skye McBride (2) suffered an accident while playing with a semi-automatic pistol belonging to her father after finding it at her home . .
Immediately after the incident, his parents immediately took the child to hospital, but the child is currently in a serious condition and his life is in danger.
According to the police who responded to the report, two firearms were placed on the bed at the location (home). Police immediately issued a warrant and arrested the father, Michael Tolbert (44), on a charge of negligent storage of firearms.
The local prosecutor said, “The gun was loaded with live ammunition, and there was no gun lock or safe in the bedroom where the gun was.” “The child who was playing with the gun pulled the trigger, and a bullet was fired, and a bullet hole was found in the ceiling.” he said.
“The bullet went through the little girl’s right eye and out through the back of her skull,” he said. “The medical staff said that not only has the child lost her right eye, but she is currently in a serious condition.” The father of a 2-year-old American girl who was shot in the face. He was in danger of being jailed for life. Local law enforcement officials said they believe the girl’s father is in possession of firearms and ammunition without a license, and has been charged with several felonies, including first-degree child abuse and violating firearms laws. Some even raised the possibility that he could be sentenced to life in prison.
Michigan, where the girl lives, previously announced a “safe gun storage law” just a day before the incident. The law states that gun owners must store unloaded firearms and lock them if there is a “reasonable” expectation that a child could gain access to the weapon.
Democratic Senator Christine McDonald-Rivette, who co-sponsored the new law, said at a press conference on the 20th, “This bill will be a tool to hold irresponsible gun owners accountable for their actions.” “I didn’t think there would be a case where the law would be implemented in just a few days, but that’s exactly what happened,” he said.
Meanwhile, the leading cause of death for children in the United States is gun accidents, not traffic accidents. According to the Gun Violence Archive (GVA), a non-profit organization in the United States, more than 1,600 children and young people died from gun violence in the United States last year.
Similar figures were found in a study published in the American Academy of Pediatrics. The number of teenagers and children killed by firearms increased by 87% from 1,311 in 2011 to 2,590 in 2021.
Reporter Song Hyeon-seo
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