Christina Rodriguez, 30, of Springfield, Missouri was arrested and charged with assault after she unintentionally shot her 11-year old daughter in the chest at a local business today.  Investigators say Rodriguez “had removed one bullet from the gun and did not realize she had a second in it. The gun fired when she pulled back the slide, hitting the child.”

There is obvious criminal responsibility here, but the shooting might have been avoided if the gun had a loaded chamber indicator. If the reported facts are true, the weapon also may have been defective, since no gun should fire without a trigger pull.

Source:

“Mother Arrested in Accidental Shooting of Daughter at Springfield, Mo. Business,” kyvs12.com (July 27, 2022).