There will always be unanswered questions when something like this happens, because the only person that really knew anything is dead.
That said, the gun in question had to be a pistol -vs- a revolver. I say that because no one I've ever known carries a revolver cocked. With them the hammer down position is safe. That being the case, most have such a heavy double action pull that there is no way the kid could do a full pull to fire the gun. The only other possibility with a revolver would have been to cock the hammer for the kid to even begin to have enough strength to pull the trigger. Given the force, and dextarity required to do that, it's not likely.
Ultimately the woman had to be carrying semi-auto pistol. Now whether she had one with a safety, or not, or one with the safety off, is a question not yet answered in the media. In any case the ones with no safeties typically have a trigger pull to rival a double action pull on a revolver. In other words she almost had to have the gun in her bas without the safety on for the kid to be able to shoot it.
In the end, ultimately what happened is a tragedy. Unfortunately the woman is dead, and her kid will have to deal with the consequences of what happened all of it's life. However, in the end, whether it's PC to say it or not...the woman did something stupid and paid the ultimate price as a result of her own stupidity. It's as simple as that, whether we like it or not....
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