GBI: Girl, 11, killed as sibling played with gun
by Associated Press
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DALTON, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says an 11-year-old girl in north Georgia has been fatally shot, apparently by a sibling who was playing with a loaded handgun.

Jerry Scott, special agent in charge of the GBI office in Calhoun, said Saturday the shooting appears to have been accidental. The GBI is assisting the Whitfield County sheriff with the investigation.

Scott says the fatal shooting Friday night appears to have been a "tragic accident." The girl was riding in the back of a pickup truck with her siblings and other children when she was shot. Scott says it appears that one of the girl's siblings was playing with a handgun when she was shot. Their parents were in the cab of the truck.

The GBI has not released the girl's name.
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RWeber23
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June 02, 2012
Plenty of parents raise children with guns in the house. My mother was a single mother, she felt she needed extra protection in the house. Her gun was kept locked up and stored in a location my siblings and i never knew. Even though we never knew where it was we constantly learned about safety and the dangers of firearms just in case. We are all still alive.

Also, Seer - perhaps you did not carefully read the article. This little girl was shot while in the back of a pickup truck. This has nothing to do with gun safety or whether or not guns and kids should be in the same house. This is about bad parenting. Why would anyone, even an adult, find it ok to play with a gun in the back of a moving pickup?
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VN7073
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June 02, 2012
I managed to raise two kids to adulthood and on their own with guns in the house. Seer, what do you call that? Pure luck or good parenting? They both knew not to ever go near them, along with teaching them what to do if they ever saw one when an adult wasn't around. When they were older, taught them how to handle them, and most importantly, to always treat them with respect and consider them always fully loaded.
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TheSeer
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June 02, 2012
Another child is dead because her parents kept a gun in the house. When will they ever learn?
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dbeall
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June 02, 2012
The vast majority of parents who keep guns in the house do so without incident. Keeping guns in the house isn't the issue. Not securing them from small children and not teaching children gun safety is the issue.
Trelicious
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June 03, 2012
Seer is one of those who blame car wrecks on gasoline.
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