@Rajk999 saidI concur. The shooter is a minor, and the indictment claims he obtained the weapon at home. Parents who keep firearms at home must prevent minors from having unsupervised access to them. Strict liability, no need to prove intent, IMO.
Ok I read the story. Yes, the parents are guilty.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/teen-suspected-georgia-school-shooting-appear-court-2024-09-06/
@Mott-The-Hoople saidNegligence:
guilty of what?
- not securing the gun properly
- not realizing that their crazy child needs professional help, and getting it.
@moonbus saidSome states are stricter than others, so I dont know what is the law in this case. However the precedent has already been set and parents have already been prosecuted, found guilty and imprisoned for this type of crime.
I concur. The shooter is a minor, and the indictment claims he obtained the weapon at home. Parents who keep firearms at home must prevent minors from having unsupervised access to them. Strict liability, no need to prove intent, IMO.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/teen-suspected-georgia-school-shooting-appear-court-2024-09-06/
@sonhouse saidOh ... ok ... well, I would like to have been the judge here .... I would lose both parents in jail.
@Rajk999
Not securing the gun. He gave that damned assault rifle to the kid for fuuking CHRISTMAS. About as stupid a thing as any parent can do. Here kid, here is your own assault rifle, I know you are only 13 but you are a MAN now........
@sonhouse saidChildren who are prone to violence are not able to hide it. There are always signs, and red flags, but stupid parents and the there many in the USA ignore these. If the parents were observant they would have known that giving this kid a gun is trouble.
@Rajk999
No doubt they will. I can't imagine anything more stupid then giving a child an assault rifle.
What the HELL was that assshole thinking?
I'm not sure on this one.
In the case of the kid from the UK, the parents ignored multiple warnings signs, include statements from the child, yet still gave him a gun. That seemed like a pretty obvious conviction.
Here, is the father being charged merely because his son was able to get access to the gun? There's lot of implications here.
Obviously, the parents should be charged if the kid was a small child that can't be legally left alone. 14 though? What if the father had alcohol in the house and the teen drank it against the parent's wishes? If the child does something dangerous under the influence, is it still the father's fault?
How about if a parent didn't lock up car keys and the child got into an accident after going joyriding?
Tough one here.