ANOTHER SCHOOL/PUBLIC SHOOTING

[Blindgreed1]

If you have kids in your home the personal property within the home is communal.

I probably don't get it because I wasn't raised like that. I was taught to respect the property of others even if it was one of my brother's baseball bats or one of their hockey sticks I wanted to use. It was theirs and I was expected to ask permission, not simply take it because I wanted to use it.

You are discussing common courtesy and how you were raised, which really doesn't relate to the law. People often confuse what's morally right or wrong as well, but it all comes down to what is legal and what isn't. If your brothers or parents accused you of "stealing" something that didn't belong to you, that is just how they chose to raise you. If they tried to call the cops and have you prosecuted for that "theft" the cops wouldn't respond. Even for a vibrator, because you had access to the vibrator being an occupant and family member in the home.

That's not true. If you reported your car stolen and your child was pulled over driving it he would be charged with joyriding or even larceny. If you reported your car stolen and your child was pulled over in another state with no intent to return it he would be charged with grand theft.

Reporting your car stolen makes it a completely different situation. However, if it's your kid they find behind the wheel, it still wouldn't be grand theft auto as it woul be with a complete stranger caught driving your car.