A “soccer mom” from Pennsylvania who was thrust into the national gun-rights debate after taking a loaded pistol to youth sports events was killed by her husband in a shooting witnessed online by her video chat partner.

Scott Hain used his own gun to fire several shots into his wife, Meleanie, 30, while her video chat was active and perhaps as she washed dishes in their kitchen, police said. Mr Hain, 33, later killed himself in an upstairs bedroom.

Mrs Hain’s loaded pistol — with a bullet ready in the chamber — was in a backpack hanging from the front door. Mr Hain was seen firing the gun at his wife over the internet.

(The Times, 10October2009)

[Proof, isn’t it, that a gun in your desk or backpack or purse isn’t good enough. A bad guy could approach you in the street or walk into your yard when you’re unprepared. You need a gun by your side, and preferably in your hand, with the safety off. Get somebody else to do the dishes and put your kid to bed.]

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