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The kid who did the shooting is a goth-wannabe with anime overtones, like the hair covering the right half of his face. He lists his profession on his Facebook page as "Murder-Suicide at The Manson Family." The victim is a 17-year-old boy with Down's syndrome. He was shot in the back and is still in critical condition. Police did not identify the weapon but students said it was a shotgun. The suspects parents say they are "horrified." The suspect has been charged as an adult with attempted murder, first degree.
Any parent with half a brain locks the guns away in the house. For a parent with a child as screwed up as this kid to leave a shotgun lying around--that's criminal negligence. The cops should lock Pop up as well.
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And the way we do that, Mac, is to limit possession of firearms to people who are trained and licensed to carry them. We vigorously prosecute those who do not lock up their guns at night. The suspect's father has a criminal record--drug possession, theft, assault, etc. That shotgun should have been seized long ago.
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The kid who did the shooting is a goth-wannabe with anime overtones, like the hair covering the right half of his face. He lists his profession on his Facebook page as "Murder-Suicide at The Manson Family." The victim is a 17-year-old boy with Down's syndrome. He was shot in the back and is still in critical condition. Police did not identify the weapon but students said it was a shotgun. The suspects parents say they are "horrified." The suspect has been charged as an adult with attempted murder, first degree.
Any parent with half a brain locks the guns away in the house. For a parent with a child as screwed up as this kid to leave a shotgun lying around--that's criminal negligence. The cops should lock Pop up as well.
It was the parent's gun ?
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Confiscate all children.
Now.
Everyone is too busy looking for work to have them anyway.
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>>However, I do disagree on prosecuting "those who do not lock up their guns at night" - as this suggests government intrusion into our home/personal lives beyond what we endure today and does nothing to eliminate the problem.
what about locking them up when not in use? It seems like a reasonable thing to do.
Nobody said anything about police visiting homes to check for unlocked weapons. that bit is imagined.
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I'll chime in here briefly. As I have posted before, my children had three friends (two quite close) who killed themselves after being bullied in school. One with a parent's unlocked handgun.
My reaction to this (after the tears, consolations, and lengthy talks with my children who had all tried desperately to end the bullying) was to attempt to set up a free gun lock program in our town.
I was rebuffed by the NRA (who had had a similar program that was not well received.. to their credit they wanted to do it but nobody ' cared' enough to make it work), by the local police department, and most definitely by the local school district, who threatened to have me arrested if I even came near the school and said the word 'gun'.
If you own a gun, you are responsible for keeping it safe, and ensuring that it is used properly. Period. No question.
My guns are locked in a safe. Each (unloaded) weapon has a trigger lock firmly affixed to it. Ammunition is kept in a separate locked box. The keys are kept in a separate locked container.
I'm good.
