And now there’s a precedent set to help stop with your school shootings America, everytime an underage person gets hold of and uses a gun on other people, you can now charge the parents, once a couple more go down you watch how quickly people start properly securing their guns away or more on the extreme side, just give most of them up.
You have something to help stop school shootings, please use it America, it’s too saddening seeing how many children die at your school’s when it could be dealt with just be properly securing your guns away from children.
This case will cause a chilling effect but in a backward sort of way. The reality is that nobody is likely to be convicted in the way Crumbley was, because Crumbley was so unbelievably stupid it was literally criminal. So the only people who will be convicted under this precedent are the equally stupid.
But more intelligent parents will take note, get scared, and hopefully lock up their guns so their insane kids can’t use them to shoot up the school.
More Intelligent parents probably wouldn’t have guns at home in the first place you sure this is going to change anything?
Yeah there’s already the worst possible thing as the potential outcome so really can’t see adding a tiny part to it will change anything. No one is thinking ‘well as long as he’s only shooting up the school I’ll let him play with the guns’ they’re thinking ‘I’m really smart and nothing bad will ever happen’.
I’m not saying it isn’t a good idea because maybe it will stop one or two kids becoming killers which is more than worth it, though it’s dangerous too if the kid decides it’s how he’ll get his revenge by doing a shooting and leaving a note saying his stepdad helped
Just another reason to not waste time with guns. The risk-benefit just isn’t there.
People want to feel in control and I get that. Take a natural disaster like a wildfire or something. It’s pretty much entirely out of your control. In a burglary, robbery, etc., it too is out of your control you just don’t realize it. The events leading up to that were set in stone in some failure in the assailant’s life, society, etc.
Everyone thinks a gun will make them safer but study after study shows the added risks from a variety of vectors outweighs the alleged safety that comes from possessing one.
In essence, if people had a special device that deterred the one in a million wildfire somehow but that device subsequently elevated the risk of your family being hurt in some other way to a greater degree who would rationally possess such a device?
It concerns me that there seems to be an obvious astroturfed effort to “arm the left” that reflects the ProPublics investigation on right-wing extremists seeking to muddy the waters between the sides and sow a civil / race war. The only people jumping in glee from this are firearm manufacturers who see a new market to tap.
You already have that device it’s called matches or a car.
This is not as clever as you believe it to be.
I particularly use a car on the daily whose primary purpose is to take me from point-A to point-B. You know, the part where I said Risk-Benefit…?
Tell me what the primary use of a firearm in my home is on a daily-basis other than being an active risk.
Tell me what the primary use of a firearm in my home is on a daily-basis other than being an active risk.
Well, it serves multiple purposes, actually! For starters, it makes a fantastic paperweight when I have too many documents on my desk. Secondly, if I ever run out of popcorn kernels while watching a movie, I can just load some small ones into the gun and shoot them into a frying pan. It also works great as a marshmallow launcher during backyard bonfires - that’ll impress all your friends at your next neighborhood get-together. Oh, and last but not least, you can use it as a walking stick or a selfie stick for those hard-to-reach angles. Clearly, there are several creative ways to utilize a firearm in everyday life.
Shucks, you’ve convinced me!
Bonus we all get to supplement some great and tasty lead from all the target practice when we’re training to be the big hero that one day!
The primary use is to protect you from someone who attempts to cause you harm. It’s only an active risk if not understood how to use and not properly out of reach of those who do not understand. I don’t like guns but I am not sure what you are trying to argue?
This mindset is like the motorcyclists or automobile drivers who espouse they don’t plan on wrecking because they’re good drivers, lmao.
Welcome to why we have speed-limits;; sure, some might know how to drive faster, but boy, when do my fellow males ever over-extend their confidence beyond their actual capability…?
lol anyways, the reality is that statistically the risk to those within the household from mere possession (safety accidents from children, suicide, domestic abuse/homicide, not opting to run, hide, flee, cooperate that are all better alternatives than engaging, statistically, theft of firearm and its use elsewhere) outweighs the safety. Full-stop. From a societal standpoint, that’s kind of a bad ROI.
Yeah. Welcome to why we have safes we can lock?
It concerns me that there seems to be an obvious astroturfed effort to “arm the left”
Riiiight… because the only way the left could possibly ever arm itself is because of astroturfing, right?
Somehow, I don’t think you know what left means, genius.
Hahah, quoting Marx when – tell me – how popular is Marx anyway in the US? Going to give you a hint and note that the figure is somewhere <=1%.
That you believe Marx speaks for every leftist in America in some strangely divine authoritarian reference… Allllriiighty, then, genius.
Most, if not all, leftists accept Marx’s ideation of capitalism - even anarchists, who can be pretty disdainful of Marx otherwise. If you don’t, you’re not a leftist.
So… do you have any other reason to disarm the left apart from your silly little liberal conspiracy theory?
So by extension, they all accept his word on firearms? You speak for all leftists? How awfully convenient!
Alllriiightyyy, then… Your logical fallacy is: Non-Sequitur.
I can give you a plethora of reasons worth the time honestly, but given your usage of fallacies and blindly presumptuous takes (“silly little liberal”), I’m just not sure it’s worth my time.
they all accept his word on firearms?
Find out for yourself here or here.
Somehow, I doubt you’re going to try.
I can give you a plethora of reasons worth the time honestly
And yet you haven’t… no surprises there.
(“silly little liberal”)
Yes, I called your silly little liberal conspiracy theory a silly little liberal conspiracy theory - because it’s a silly little liberal conspiracy theory.
I have a couple thoughts on this. First, if the adults are guilty and the courts accepted the argument that they neglected to give the child the help he needed, why is the child serving a life sentence? The article makes it sound like he wanted help and knew he needed it.
Also, I thought I read that the parents had not just left the weapon unsecured, but let him use it.
Even if he’d been found not competent to stand trial, he’d still be committed involuntarily. I don’t know if this makes a difference.
