Show Another Gun Tragedy Once again carelessness in handling a gun has brought tragedy to Utah A year old boy firing his caliber rifle in hi fun killed his year six sister the other day News stories from the little community of Tridell in Duchesne county are not clear as to whether the shooting was purely accidental or a sample of youthful mischievousness It seems that the boy fired five shots into an outside toilet while his year old sister and his two two year year old brother were inside Three of the bullets struck the girl in the head and peck A gun is not a plaything under any conditions It is a very deadly weapon which can be extremely dangerous if not properly handled If children are allowed to use guns they should be carefully instructed by their parents in the proper handling of such a weapon They should be taught how to use it safely to load it only when it is to be used and to unload it when its us use Is no longer contemplated They should be warned against treating a gun as a plaything firing it indiscriminately and carelessly Many tragedies ies could be avoided if children and adults learned a few sense common-sense safety rules in the handling of guns This Duchesne county tragedy can well serve as a warning to allpa all pa parents whose children are arc permitted to own or use a gun on the necessity of careful instruction in safe use of such deadly weapons |