05-18-2018, 07:51 PM
(05-18-2018, 07:03 PM)Goalpost Wrote: I don't know if parents are responsible if their kids get access, but if you own a gun, that should go along with the responsibility
(05-18-2018, 07:35 PM)bfine32 Wrote: This is the way I've always thought we should go. Charge this gun owner and let's see how closely other parents control access to their firearms. Dad should have to prove what safeguards he had in place and if found to be negligent then charge as accessory
I have a hard time with this idea. I knew exactly where my dad kept his loaded S&W model 39 (carried it on two tours in Vietnam) in case I was home alone or watching my sister and someone tried to break in the house. If you have a child with obvious mental health issues, then, absolutely, lock all of your guns away from them. But without that red flag? It's shaky ground for me.
