03-01-2016, 12:02 PM
(03-01-2016, 11:57 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: The only one on a "soap box", albeit a wobbly one, is you Gunnar.You keep implying that the teen "stole the gun." Prove the kid committed a crime by acquiring a gun from the home he lives in. That would be the first challenge I put before you if you aspire to criminalize this kids actions in all of this. You're a nit picker. Show me the nit. Liberal nit wit.
"The guilt is punishment enough for stealing a gun and giving it someone who wasn't eligible to use it". That is, in fact, contrary to all your previous "enforce the existing laws!" soap box proclamations.
The families of the two girls could seek retribution from the boy's parents in civil court, no doubt. But, I'm not aware of how the boy's parents could be held criminally responsible under the exiting law.
So, enlighten me. How could the parents be successfully prosecuted for their teen stealing their gun and loaning it to a friend who used it in a murder in Arizona if they were completely in the dark and not legally negligent in their parental responsibilities?