At what age? What would make gifting the 17yo son a rifle different from gifting the 18yo son a rifle?
What if there are no other aggravating factors? (say, unlike this case, there is no history of violence, or mental illness, and the parents are involved in their kid's life and taught proper gun safety)
Should this have been applied to shooting/marksmanship classes that used to be popular in American schools? If one of the students starts shooting people the teacher/school is to blame? Well maybe people did start blaming the schools. I guess that's why we can't have nice things any more.
minors are not legal adults, and do not share the same rights as legal adults. there is always someone responsible for a minor. if a minor commits a murder using tools that the adult willingly gave them, the adult should have some responsibility in that.
this is not to take responsibility away from the minor. At the end of the day, they are responsible for their actions as well and should be disciplined accordingly.
At what age? What would make gifting the 17yo son a rifle different from gifting the 18yo son a rifle?
What if there are no other aggravating factors? (say, unlike this case, there is no history of violence, or mental illness, and the parents are involved in their kid's life and taught proper gun safety)
Should this have been applied to shooting/marksmanship classes that used to be popular in American schools? If one of the students starts shooting people the teacher/school is to blame? Well maybe people did start blaming the schools. I guess that's why we can't have nice things any more.
minors are not legal adults, and do not share the same rights as legal adults. there is always someone responsible for a minor. if a minor commits a murder using tools that the adult willingly gave them, the adult should have some responsibility in that.
this is not to take responsibility away from the minor. At the end of the day, they are responsible for their actions as well and should be disciplined accordingly.