{"id":19046,"date":"2016-03-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/us-gun-advocate-shot-by-her-own-young-son\/"},"modified":"2016-03-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T00:00:00","slug":"us-gun-advocate-shot-by-her-own-young-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/us-gun-advocate-shot-by-her-own-young-son\/","title":{"rendered":"A US gun advocate has been shot by her own young son"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A US mother has been shot by her four-year-old son only days after she bragged online about the boy\u2019s shooting skills.<\/h3>\n<p>Jamie Gilt, 31, was driving when her young son picked up a loaded pistol on the back seat and accidentally shot his mother in the back through her car seat, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/news\/local\/child-playing-with-gun-shoots-woman-in-car-in-putnam\/151353441\" target=\"_blank\">according to CBS47<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A US gun advocate has been shot by her own young son | FIVEAA\" title=\"A US gun advocate has been shot by her own young son | FIVEAA\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/gun1.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"617\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Gilt is a well-known gun activist and only one day before the shooting she had bragged about her son\u2019s shooting skills online.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3484064\/Pro-gun-poster-girl-shot-four-year-old-son-driving-Florida-boy-pistol-seat-truck.html?ito=social-facebook\" target=\"_blank\">According to the Daily Mail<\/a>, a Facebook update was posted from Jamie Gilt for Gun Sense the day before the shooting that read:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven my 4 year old gets jacked up to target shoot with the .22.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Previous pro-gun posts from Gilt are now also circulating online.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A US gun advocate has been shot by her own young son | FIVEAA\" title=\"A US gun advocate has been shot by her own young son | FIVEAA\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/gun2.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"840\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A US gun advocate has been shot by her own young son | FIVEAA\" title=\"A US gun advocate has been shot by her own young son | FIVEAA\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/gun3.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"960\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Putman County Sheriff&#8217;s office spokesman Joseph Wells said a deputy had noticed Gilt driving erratically.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cAs the deputy slowed to check on the vehicle, he observed an adult female in the driver\u2019s seat motioning to him as if she needed assistance,\u201d said Mr Wells.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe deputy ran to the vehicle and quickly determined that the driver had been shot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe deputy notified the dispatcher of the situation and Putnam County Fire \/ Rescue was dispatched.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only other occupant of the vehicle was the victim\u2019s four-year-old son, who was unharmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe young man was reunited with other family members and Putnam County Sheriff\u2019s Office Victim Services Specialists continue to work with the family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Wells said the incident was not being treated as a criminal shooting, but Gilt could face charges if negligence is found in how the child obtained the firearm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/water-boss-won-t-be-drawn-on-compensation-after-burst-main-floods-homes\">DAVID AND WILL GRILL SA WATER BOSS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/dad-saves-son-from-flying-baseball-bat-and-certain-injury\">AMAZING \u2013 DAD SAVES SON FROM FLYING BASEBALL BAT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A US mother has been shot by her four-year-old son only days after she bragged online about the boy\u2019s shooting skills. Jamie Gilt, 31, was driving when her young son picked up a loaded pistol on the back seat and accidentally shot his mother in the back through her car seat, according to CBS47. Gilt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":19047,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-19046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A US gun advocate has been shot by her own young son - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/us-gun-advocate-shot-by-her-own-young-son\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A US gun advocate has been shot by her own young son\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A US mother has been shot by her four-year-old son only days after she bragged online about the boy\u2019s shooting skills. 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