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I have never shot anyone, nor have I been shot. However, my brother shot my sister when they were both kids (12 & 5 respectively). He was playing with a bee bee gun, thought he had emptied all the bee bees out, pointed it at my sister and shot. It hit her in the eye, and the ER doctors said that it would have blinded her had it been one hair closer to the eyeball itself.
He still feels horrible. We are now at a point that we can laugh about it in the family, and he is the only one that doesn't find the jokes funny. We were all taught the basic gun safety rules, but I've learned that children's fantasies & lack of wisdom often gets the better of them; I have decided to keep my guns in a touch-combination safe until I can trust the little one to defend the home herself.