Child, 4, Shoots Self With Grandma's Gun

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Perilous Times

Child, 4, Shoots Self With Grandma's Gun*

Monday , June 09, 2008

AP

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A 4-year-old girl grabbed her grandmother's gun and
shot herself at a Sam's Club store in Columbia, S.C., authorities said.

Police Department spokesman Brick Lewis said the child took the gun from
her grandmother's purse Monday and shot herself in the chest.

He said the child's grandmother has a valid permit to carry a concealed
weapon. She has not been charged with a crime.

Lewis said the child was rushed to a local hospital and was recovering
after undergoing emergency surgery. Hospital officials wouldn't release
her condition.

The store was closed while police investigated the shooting. It reopened
Monday afternoon.