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Kids and Gun Accidents

by Josh Marshall
07.17.13 | 10:53 am

As you know we’ve been publishing the seemingly endless number of cases of children, playing with guns, accidentally shooting each other, sometimes fatally. The stories speak for themselves. But I wanted to share with you this reader email which brings us right up close to what this means, for decades after the gun is fired. It’s really a must-read.

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