Despite Warnings, Several Shot Due To ‘Celebratory Gunfire’

By Tom Knighton

Right before New Year’s, I wrote a warning about celebratory gunfire. Don’t do it.

However, it’s a warning I have to write about pretty much every year, and will probably have to write about every year for as long as I’m writing about gun-related issues. I shouldn’t have to, but I do.

On that post, someone asked, “Who the hell still does this?”

Well, enough that several people were shot due to such “celebratory gunfire.”

For example, we have a six-year-old girl in Oakland, California.

A 6-year-old girl remains in stable condition at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland after she was struck in the head by what police believe was “celebratory gunfire” on New Year’s Eve. She was apparently playing in her back yard at the time of the shooting.

Chief of Police Anne Kirkpatrick carried a large teddy bear to present to the girl on Tuesday during a visit with her.

“We have a young girl who is in intensive care today,” Kirkpatrick said. “We are just fortunate she is going to survive.

So much for California’s gun control laws, huh?

There’s also a woman in Indianapolis who was struck.

An Indianapolis woman is hospitalized after likely getting hit during celebratory gunfire …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms