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Idiot Mom Mistakes Gun for Lighter, Shoots 12-year-old Daughter
BANNING, Calif. (KTLA) -- A Banning woman accidentally shot her 12-year-old daughter after trying to light a cigarette with a gun, which she apparently thought was a novelty cigarette lighter.
Banning police say 30-year-old Rachel Avila and her daughter were in front of their mobile home in the 100 block of North Phillips Street on Sunday when Avila grabbed what she thought was a novelty firearm-style lighter lying on the ground.
While the woman attempted to light her cigarette by pulling the trigger, a 22-caliber bullet flew out, ricocheted off the ground and struck her daughter in the arm, officials said.
The girl was treated and released for what authorities describe as a superficial wound.
Police say the weapon was a North American Arms .22-caliber, Derringer-style revolver.
Investigators are trying to figure out how the gun ended up on the ground.