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Originally Posted by Pugchief
Excellent point. Charging the parents of gangbangers would go a long way to reducing inner city violence.
Many cities have chosen the alternate option: charge and prosecute no one. How's that working?
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This is an ideal test case because the father is the perfect target as he is not a member of a protected minority. It will be used by the antigun crowd to argue for confiscating guns from responsible citizens.
IMHO the father should not have bought his obviously deranged 14 year old son a gun and so bears some responsibility. If the boy had acquired a gun on his own, say on the street, and the parents were unaware he had one it would be a different story.
Somewhat analogously, If a mentally disturbed boy was older and of driving age perhaps a parent should not allow him to drive as he could drive a vehicle through a crowd, killing and maiming people.
The problem is the boy is mentally disturbed and a parent provided him with a means to murder.