[Ammi]

A high-profile pro-gun activist was shot in the back by her four-year-old son after he found her pistol lying on the back seat of her truck just 24 hours after he boasted about his shooting skills online.

Jamie Gilt, 31, who posts about firearms on her social media accounts was driving through Putnam County, Jacksonville, Florida, on Tuesday in her truck when she was wounded after the toddler picked up the weapon and shot her in the back.

It came just a day after she said the youngster would get 'jacked up' before a shooting practice on a page dedicated to her musings on Second Amendment rights.

On the profile Jamie Gilt for Gun Sense she wrote: 'Even my 4 year old gets jacked up to target shoot with the .22'.

She reportedly believes she has the right to shoot anyone who threatens her family - and plans to teach her offspring the same mentality.

According to CBS47, Gilt was on her way to pick up a horse when the shooting unfolded.

Her four-year-old son picked up a loaded .45 semi-automatic handgun from the back seat, pointed it towards his mother and pulled the trigger.

The powerful round went through the front seat and passed through Gilt's body .

Gilt flagged down a passing Sheriff's deputy and told him that she had been shot.

Deputies recovered a .45 semi-automatic handgun from the floor of the truck. They are satisfied that the round was fired from inside the vehicle.

Gilt and her son had been travelling to pick up a horse from a relative when the accident happened

Putman County Sheriff's office spokesman Joseph Wells said a deputy noticed a truck with a horse trailer driving erratically: 'As the deputy slowed to check on the vehicle, he observed an adult female in the driver’s seat motioning to him as if she needed assistance.

'The deputy ran to the vehicle and quickly determined that the driver had been shot.

'The deputy notified the dispatcher of the situation and Putnam County Fire / Rescue was dispatched.

'The deputy provided first aid until the arrival of paramedics. The victim was transported to University of Florida Health in Gainesville and was last reported to be in stable condition.

'The only other occupant of the vehicle was the victim’s four-year-old son, who was unharmed.

Before being transported to the emergency room, the victim told deputies that her son had accidentally shot her.

'The investigation by Major Crimes Unit Detectives and the analysis of the crime scene confirmed that the victim was accidentally shot by the young boy who was sitting in the back seat of the vehicle.

'The young man was reunited with other family members and Putnam County Sheriff’s Office Victim Services Specialists continue to work with the family.

'The Florida Department of Children and Family Services are being notified and the investigation into how the child came to be in possession of the handgun is ongoing.'

According the Florida Times Union, the responding deputy noticed the boy was not strapped to the booster seat in the car when he arrived at the scene.

Wells said: 'We’re satisfied that this is not a criminal shooting.'

However Gilt may face criminal charges if the State Attorney's Office determine there was negligence on how the child obtained the firearm.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...eat-truck.html

[Ammi]

[Niamh.]

What a ****ing moron. She should be prosecuted for leaving a deadly weapon lying around like that where her 4 year old son can easily get his hands on it. She's very lucky he didn't end up shooting himself

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

What a ****ing moron. She should be prosecuted for leaving a deadly weapon lying around like that where her 4 year old son can easily get his hands on it. She's very lucky he didn't end up shooting himself

Exactly, he could easily have shot himself, OR shot her in the head causing a crash that would have killed him and potentially other people too. Total madness. I'd be willing to bet she'll still be "pro guns" though, she'll just talk about the importance of storing them safely.

[Alf]

Was the kid called Billy?

[Ammi]

..actually from what I can find, she was mainly active on a Facebook campaign/had quite a following there but the account has since been deleted and the most criticism she's getting is from other pro-gun people for her idiocy because obviously this is the last thing that they would have wished for, with their pro-gun arguments...

[Livia]

Who has a .45 rattling around with no safety on? The woman should have her licence revoked and never returned.

[LeatherTrumpet]

another day

in the US of A

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Livia

Who has a .45 rattling around with no safety on?

A baller.

[arista]

A Florida mother who runs a "gun sense" Facebook


She should have checked her back seat
4 years old - not guilty

http://news.sky.com/story/1656775/gu...-four-year-old

[arista]

Maybe you Son is doing you a Favor
correcting your Hard Ways

[arista]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..actually from what I can find, she was mainly active on a Facebook campaign/had quite a following there but the account has since been deleted and the most criticism she's getting is from other pro-gun people for her idiocy because obviously this is the last thing that they would have wished for, with their pro-gun arguments...

Yes other Mums Armed Up


Life In Florida

[Vicky.]

No sympathy I'm afraid, ****ing idiot.

I feel sorry for her son though..Imagine knowing you killed your own mother :/

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by arista

Maybe you Son is doing you a Favor
correcting your Hard Ways

...I don't think it's all about his mum Arista, even though they're both going to be ok physically, we have no idea of any potential long term emotional effects on her son at knowing that it could have resulted in his mum's death, even though no fault is his...there was no 'good' to come out of this...

[Jessica.]

She clearly has no respect for safety. First of all, she says she uses guns in case someone threatens her family but she doesn't strap her son into his seat?
Second of all, why the hell would there be a gun in the back seat in the first place? It just doesn't make sense, I fear for that child's safety most of all. The mother is just a moron.

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

No sympathy I'm afraid, ****ing idiot.

I feel sorry for her son though..Imagine knowing you killed your own mother :/

She's not dead...

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

No sympathy I'm afraid, ****ing idiot.

I feel sorry for her son though..Imagine knowing you killed your own mother :/

She survived though

[Tom4784]

What a ****ing idiot, I hope she gets prosecuted.

[Vicky.]

OMG

Well, injured his mother then

I shouldnt come on here when I am in my painkiller haze..I did this in another thread a few days back too..got the whole thing wrong

[LeatherTrumpet]

The shot woman has lovely teeth

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

OMG

Well, injured his mother then

I shouldnt come on here when I am in my painkiller haze..I did this in another thread a few days back too..got the whole thing wrong

...we know, you would have gone for the head shot, Vicky...I'm on your side, come the zombie apocalypse...

[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

The shot woman has lovely teeth

You can see the lack of alertness in her eyes though.

[Northern Monkey]

Women + guns + cars = bad idea.She is pretty hot though.She will learn from this.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

Women + guns + cars = bad idea.She is pretty hot though.She will learn from this.

Cheeky ****er...

[Niamh.]

Why is it again that womens driving insurance is less then mens? Oh yes it's cos we're all such terrible drivers