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Four-Year-Old Boy Shoots Himself in the Head, Because That’s What Four-Year-Old Boys Do When They Find a Loaded Gun

GoldyAugust 19, 2013 1:43 pmJune 3, 2022 2:41 am

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I know it makes me a horrible, horrible person to bring this up in the context of suggesting that guns don’t make us safer, but yet another toddler has shot himself in the head, because America!

Also, if you don’t listen to The Moth, of course you should. Especially this recent piece by Kemp Powers about growing up with guilt of having accidentally shot his best friend in the face.

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