Gilt Shooting Shows That Safe Storage Is Every Gun Owner’s Responsibility

By Bob Owens

A Florida woman who ran a gun rights Facebook page came under mocking fire from gun control supporters on social media last week after she was shot in the back by her four-year-old son with a carelessly stored pistol.

A gun-loving Florida mom was accidentally shot in the back by her 4-year-old son with a .45-caliber pistol he found on the floor of her pickup truck, police said Wednesday.

Jamie Gilt, 31, was driving to a relative’s home on Tuesday afternoon to pick up a horse when the boy, who was sitting in the seat behind hers, pulled the trigger, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.

A deputy noticed Gilt’s truck and horse trailer and “observed an adult female in the driver’s seat motioning to him as if she needed assistance,” the release said. “The deputy ran to the vehicle and quickly determined that the driver had been shot.”

Gilt was rushed to hospital in Gainesville, Florida, where she was in stable condition. Her boy, who was not harmed, was turned over to relatives, the release said.

The Florida Department of Children and Family Services is investigating how Gilt’s son got his hands on her pistol.

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Source:: Bearing Arms