No more surprises for people with a gun.

When the police arrive at a domestic scene most people recognize them as police. ATF, CIA and FBI wear shirts that say who they are. They knock loud and identify themselves before entering. Maybe family members of gun toting members need to do the same thing. Wear a shirt on arrival that says "DAUGHTER" front and back on the shirt. Knock loudly and forget the "surprise, I'm home."

September 4, 2019

By  Ewan Palmer

A woman shot her 18-year-old daughter (click here) in her home after she came back from college to surprise her, according to reports. The daughter is recovering after she was shot in the arm in Girard, Ohio, on the evening of August 30.

Police said the mother was alone in the bedroom when she heard noises from inside the house. The mother became startled as she was not expecting anyone to come over. The mother said she then saw someone running into the bedroom, at which point she fired her .38 special handgun, hitting her daughter once.

Police say they were called at around 9 p.m. to the 200 block of Ohio Avenue by the victim's boyfriend. A transcript of the 911 call made by the boyfriend, obtained by WFMJ, has him describing the 18-year-old's injuries to the dispatcher.

"My girlfriend just came home from college and her mom didn't know, like honestly—she accidentally shot her and we don't know what to do," he said. "It's pretty bad."...