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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive
No. And yes.
I know it never happens quite the way it should in America but laws, to be most effective, should be applied equally across-the-board. The unfortunate reality is that the high-profile cases, particularly if those cases are in the sights (no pun intended) of the social crusaders among us, get often overwhelming media attention. Maybe, deservedly so...but how many juveniles died by gun violence on the part of other juveniles in 2020 in Detroit? Or Flint? Or Muskegon Harbor? Or Benton Heights? Or... and in those instances, how many parents were held to account for what their kid(s) did?
And why not?
I'm all for holding parents responsible for the misdeeds of their children. The way things are going it seems as if it would be the ONLY way to make a dent in juvenile crime. But to say that Michigan is setting an example would be a valid claim ONLY if Michigan is holding parents responsible across-the-board for the misdeeds of their children.
But they're not.
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Michigan has a law that holds parents responsible for property damage intentionally done by their children. This case is not a first in Michigan where parents have been held responsible for the actions of their children.
Perhaps if the parents of the kids who commited the slaughter in Colombine had been in some way held responsible, some of the school shootings that have happened since would have been avoided. I think that the people of Oakland County Miching where I precticed law for 40 years decided that enough was enough.