As people make preparations and plans for the Fourth of July holiday, one mother is hoping they will celebrate safely.
Michele Shanahan DeMoss is continuing to push for stricter penalties in Missouri for celebratory gunfire after her daughter was killed by gunfire 13 years ago.
KSHB 41 “It doesn’t happen on just the Fourth of July; it happens other times of the year. The conversation is important, and the education is needed,” said Shanahan DeMoss, Blair Shanahan Lane’s mom. “A gun is supposed to be in the right hands; it’s not a toy; it shouldn’t just be fired recklessly, and too many people lose their life senselessly because someone is irresponsible with a gun.”
Blair was killed at the age of 11 by a stray bullet on the Fourth of July when someone recklessly shot into the air.
ProvidedEver since, Shanahan DeMoss has made it her mission to work to create change because it continues to happen.
According to the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department, almost 1,500 rounds of gunfire were recorded on New Year’s Eve.