Another alternate headline:
“11 year-old watches helplessly as mother beaten to death
(gun locked up due to strict gun control laws)
In regards to the question, there likely was only one gun. Who knows. At least it WASN’T locked up AND it WAS loaded; might have been an ‘alternate headline’ otherwise...
I think you got it right but I might add ..Thank God it wasn't locked up, thank God it was loaded, and thank God this 11 year old had access to it.
This also needs to be pointed out..Why didn't she take the gun to school before this incident and shoot the place up?