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The 9-year-old who brought a gun to an El Monte elementary school yesterday said he was just trying to show it off to classmates. Problem is, the gun accidentally discharged when he pulled it out of the backpack. And the even bigger issue here is how the hell did he get the gun? Well, he said he found it at his grandmother's house. Apparently, the kid will face charges and the grandma may face charges of storing the gun negligently, according to the Associated Press.
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I don't know when it became common journalism to use personification in news stories.
Guns don't discharge.
They are activated by humans who pull triggers which causes a hammer to strike and spark gun powder which causes a tiny piece of metal to go flying. My vacuum cleaner doesn't clean my room and my car doesn't run off the road without me steering it that way.
But every journalist across America is in love with the phrase "the gun discharged" as if it happens magically. I guess it's the only machine in the world with its own brain.
Sorry for the rant.