Missy can't hire an agent because that, too, is prohibited by the NCAA. So her mother, who's taking the year off from her job, is left to field about eight phone calls a day from media outlets and various companies who want time with Missy.

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But statistics don't matter much if it's your child that's shot, said Missy Carson Smith, founder of Gun Safe Mom, a campaign to make the gun question as common as asking about food allergies, swimming pools and video game limits.

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