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Throw his ass in jail!!!
On 9/17/10 2:50 PM, nom=de=plume wrote:
"jps" wrote in message ... On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:39:38 -0400, wrote: On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:41:01 -0700, jps wrote: On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:31:43 -0400, wrote: On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:09:17 -0400, Secular Humorist wrote: A three year old is killed while playing with one of daddy's loaded guns and you call it an accident? It was negligence at the very least. The father should be brought up on criminal charges. I don't disagree as I said in my last note but being devil's advocate, would you feel the same way if the kid found the car keys and drove the car out in front of a school bus full of handicapped kids, driven by a pregnant woman? The even bigger question is how does the three year old tell the difference between your example bus and a bus filled with normal kids being driven by a barren woman? Given the choice, what which bus would the three year old hit? OK I just threw in the school bus, the handicapped kids and the pregnant woman to push as many buttons as possible but back to the point Would you throw a parent in jail if their kid found the car keys, got in the car and killed themselves someone else? It is a similar weapon, potentially deadly for whoever it hits. There is only one kind of dead. My point is: That this trouble with guns is so out of control that our best answer to negligence in gun safety has us prosecuting parents of dead kids? WTF is wrong with this picture? The cat is out of the bag and now we're coming up with idiotic answers because lawmakers are too scared of the gun lobby, it's money and political clout. Well, adults are typically legally responsible for their children's behavior, so from a legal standpoint, it makes some sense. You're right that it doesn't help much after the fact of the death, but by that logic we might as well let murderers go without penalty, or at least the ones that murdered with some justification... spousal abuse reaction, whatever. I don't know if gun locks are worth it or not, but if you saw Moore's Bowling for Columbine, it isn't about the number of guns. It's about the society in which they exist. I'm in favor of loading up the teaparty ninnies with firearms and crank, and turning 'em loose on each other. You know, to improve the gene pool. :) |
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Throw his ass in jail!!!
On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:50:14 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote: "jps" wrote in message .. . On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:39:38 -0400, wrote: On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:41:01 -0700, jps wrote: On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:31:43 -0400, wrote: On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:09:17 -0400, Secular Humorist wrote: A three year old is killed while playing with one of daddy's loaded guns and you call it an accident? It was negligence at the very least. The father should be brought up on criminal charges. I don't disagree as I said in my last note but being devil's advocate, would you feel the same way if the kid found the car keys and drove the car out in front of a school bus full of handicapped kids, driven by a pregnant woman? The even bigger question is how does the three year old tell the difference between your example bus and a bus filled with normal kids being driven by a barren woman? Given the choice, what which bus would the three year old hit? OK I just threw in the school bus, the handicapped kids and the pregnant woman to push as many buttons as possible but back to the point Would you throw a parent in jail if their kid found the car keys, got in the car and killed themselves someone else? It is a similar weapon, potentially deadly for whoever it hits. There is only one kind of dead. My point is: That this trouble with guns is so out of control that our best answer to negligence in gun safety has us prosecuting parents of dead kids? WTF is wrong with this picture? The cat is out of the bag and now we're coming up with idiotic answers because lawmakers are too scared of the gun lobby, it's money and political clout. Well, adults are typically legally responsible for their children's behavior, so from a legal standpoint, it makes some sense. You're right that it doesn't help much after the fact of the death, but by that logic we might as well let murderers go without penalty, or at least the ones that murdered with some justification... spousal abuse reaction, whatever. I don't know if gun locks are worth it or not, but if you saw Moore's Bowling for Columbine, it isn't about the number of guns. It's about the society in which they exist. Yes, proof positive that our society and guns don't mix well. Let's get more and cheaper out there and take ****ing forever to close the gun show loophole. The loon shot in DC today will get sentenced and serve whatever time, is then free to jump in his car and head right to Virginia for a gun show where they couldn't care liess if the guy is insane, a criminal or criminally insane. If we can't even control that situation, what's the chance of having a reasonable approach to gun ownership and safety. These gun freaks should all have to serve time in a trauma unit. |
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