A gun-loving Florida mother was shot by her own four-year-old son – a day after she boasted about his shooting skills.
Jamie Gilt, 31, had a loaded .45 calibre weapon in her car, and her son shot her through her seat while she was driving.
She is in a stable condition in hospital.
‘Even my 4 year old gets jacked up to target shoot with the .22,’ Gilt wrote on Facebook this week – one of many pro-gun statements on her social media accounts.
The passionate advocate of gun rights said in online discussions this week that she was teaching her children to defend their family.
Captain Joseph Wells of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said, ‘This is definitely not a criminal event. This is an accidental shooting.’
Police officers have not yet filed charges, but said in a statement, ‘Florida Statute makes it a misdemeanor for a person to store or leave, on a premise under his or her control, a loaded firearm in such a manner that it is likely a child can gain access to the firearm.’
