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March 10th, 2016 
Awake Goy
Susanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | Media Spokesperson, HEALTH MAX Brands
The question on everyone’s mind is where are the responsible gun owners? In most states, adults would be required to lock up their gun at home which is a policy supported by 67% of Americans, but the National Rifle Association (NRA) has vehemently opposed such safety measures.
And so year after year, toddlers somehow gain access to a semiautomatic handgun and either kill themselves or others.
In Florida, Jamie Gilt, a social media gun enthusiast, was shot in the back by her 4 year old son while she was driving her pickup truck.
Gilt’s son got a hold of his mother’s .45 caliber handgun and fired off from the backseat.
When Putnam County police arrived at the scene, Gilt had parked in the travel lane on Highway 20. The bullet had passed through Gilt’s torso.
For some reason Gilt’s toddler was not wearing his seat buckle when the cops found them.
The ironic part of the story is that Gilt had posted on Facebook the previous night about how her “4-year-old gets jacked up to target shoot the .22” after she received criticism over her claims that a gun in the house is better than calling 911.
Gilt is also known as “Jamie Gilt for Gun Sense” on Facebook where she promotes guns and everything about them.
Police Captain Joseph Wells questioned why Gilt’s son was not strapped in, why wasn’t “the fire arm secure”, and “how the young boy [came] in possession of the firearm?”
This incident comes on the heels of another 2 year old who shot herself in the head while in the care of responsible gun owners.
Earlier this month, a California woman called 911 after she daughter fired a loaded gun at her head. The child was taken to the hospital and was reported to be in critical condition.
The twist in this case is that law enforcement are waiting to find out where the gun went because neither the detectives, nor the adults in the home have been able to locate the firearm.
And in South Carolina, a toddler shot his grandmother while riding in the passenger seat of a car.
But then there was the 21 month old baby who shot himself with grandma’s loaded gun in St. Louis. That boy died from a wound to the torso.
Michigan was the scene of a 3 year old boy who had his father’s gun which was not locked up but stowed away in the closet. This child shot himself in the head and died while his father and other brother played outside.
In Alabama a father was killed by his toddler shooting him, and in Ohio a 1 year old infant died at the hand of a gun.
And in New Mexico, one 3 year old was able to shoot both parents with one bullet.
These tragic situations happen more often than the NRA or gun enthusiasts would like the general public to believe.
In fact, as of 2015, 13 toddlers have killed themselves; while 18 injured themselves, and 10 injured other people. Two of them actually killed the other person.
To make matters worse, every week last year a child died, shot someone, or killed another person from gaining access to their parent’s gun.
Guns are attractive to boys which explains why they wound or kill more people. Of 43 incidents, 13 of them resulted in fatal self-inflicted wounds.
Some states are more prone to having these kinds of incidents.
Texas, Florida, Utah, Michigan and Wisconsin have the most cases of toddlers shooting themselves or others. And while there are instances when a toddler is shot by another child or adult, preschool aged kids are involved in homicides – and that number is growing .
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