03-01-2016, 11:42 AM
(03-01-2016, 11:36 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: It's not Tiki and MS who are making ridiculous and hypocritical arguments here, Gunnar. It's you.No it doesn't. Parents can currently be held responsible in Az for this. Now get off your soap box.
There is no law that says the parents needed to have the guns locked up in their home in Arizona, remember? It didn't matter that the boy was told not to handle it and knew better than to steal it and 'loan' it to another kid. He did it anyway.
Your argument that the parents should be prosecuted supports the need for a new law. They could not be justly prosecuted in this case because they didn't willingly and illegally transfer the gun to their minor son; their minor son willingly, stupidly, and illegally transferred it to another minor.
Two people broke existing laws here; the 15-year-old male and the 15-year-old female murderer.