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Utah mom won’t be charged for leaving a loaded gun in aquarium restroom near children’s area; D.A. sees a gap in the law

A Utah mom will not be charged after she left a loaded handgun on a diaper-changing table in a restroom near a children's play area at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium.

The woman didn't knowingly abandon her gun in the restroom, prosecutors wrote in a letter to Draper police, so they couldn't build a case for reckless endangerment.

In the letter, Salt Lake County prosecutors wrote that the woman had called Draper police in search of the missing gun July 10, the day that visitors had found it in a restroom next to the aquarium's Tuki's Island indoor playground.