The purse that she was using was not just a purse, it was a purse designed for conceal carry to keep the firearm somewhat accessible but secure, said Terry Rutledge. It was in a zippered pouch in a holster that fit the gun. It wasn't just rattling around loose in the purse.Her and my son both they've grown up around guns, they've had multiple classes, said Terry Rutledge. Always continued classes in shooting and with other friends of theirs you know in the gun culture that shoot. They've both been around them for years. They've carried concealed legally themselves The gun has a couple of forms of safety. One of them is built into the trigger mechanism itself. It has sort of a hinged trigger. The trigger hinges and engages other components in the gun to make it fire, said Terry Rutledge.There is a physical manual safety on the firearm as well. I can't speak as to whether or not it was engaged or not. Like I said, it's kind of in the position where I could see little hands grabbing at the gun easily, disengaging that safety, said Terry Rutledge.
Her father-in-law Terry Rutledge told The Spokesman-Review that her son unzipped the gun compartment of her bag while she was looking at clothing during a shopping trip with with the boy and three nieces.
"She was not the least bit irresponsible," her father-in-law, Terry Rutledge said, in a brief interview with The Associated Press. He complained about people using the incident to attack his daughter-in-law.Terry Rutledge told The Washington Post that Veronica Rutledge and her husband practiced at shooting ranges and each had a concealed weapons permit. He said for Christmas this year, her husband gave her the purse with a special zippered pocket for a concealed weapon.
Date: Dec 31, 2014
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Boy in Wal-Mart Shooting of His Mom Unzipped Purse to Get Gun
According to her father-in-law, Terry Rutledge, in an interview with The Washington Post, Veronicas husband, Colt, had just given her the purse with the concealed compartment for her gun on Christmas, as a present. She and her husband were both gun owners and practiced their marksmanship at local s
Date: Dec 31, 2014
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The inside story of how an Idaho toddler shot his mom at Wal-Mart
The day after Christmas, she took her new gift with her on a trip with her husband and her 2-year-old son. They headed hundreds of miles northto theend of a country road where Terry Rutledge, her husbands father, lived. The father-in-law learned of the new purse.
Date: Dec 31, 2014
Category: U.S.
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Gun expert calls Hayden Walmart shooting a "perfect storm"
KREM 2 spoke with the victim's father-in-law Terry Rutledge who called the event "simply tragic." He continued to say that the gun used was being kept in a zipper concealed pouch, but the inquisitive toddler reached in, unzipped that pouch and pulled the trigger.
Date: Dec 31, 2014
Category: World
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Gun expert calls Idaho Walmart shooting a 'perfect storm'
The victim's father-in-law, Terry Rutledge, called the event "simply tragic." He said the gun used was being kept in a zipper concealed pouch, but the inquisitive toddler reached in, unzipped that pouch and pulled the trigger.
Date: Dec 31, 2014
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US scientist shot by toddler was 'beautiful, young, loving mother'
After Christmas they drove several hundred miles north from their home in the small, conservative town of Hayden, Idaho, to stay with her father-in-law Terry Rutledge. Mrs Rutledge then took her son and three nieces to Wal-Mart to spend gift vouchers they had received as presents.