binary solo said:
Highly debateable. There is nothing universally sacrosanct about gun ownership. The USA has a somewhat unique, and for most of the rest of us in western civilisation, unfathomable fixation on guns and what rights attach to guns. If it's illegal for kids to have easy access to guns then for an 8-year old that pretty much means being kept under lock and key and the key being in the possession of a responsible adult. Is there any other storage place that an 8-year old can't easily access? No because when I was 8 there was no place in the house I couldn't get to. So while there might not be a law specifically requiring guns be kept under lock and key, there is really no other way to comply with a law that requires parents to make it difficult for a chikld to access guns. I am glad that it's possible to hold the parents to account, but do you really think the authorities will? Because there's no legal accountability on the supply of games side, and the gun thing will come very close to setting a legal precident on how parents must store their guns will the prosecutors have the balls to bring those parents to account? |
yes, i do. it happens fairly often when i kid kills or is killed by a firearm laying around the house.
if its found to be that the kid had easy access to that firearm from his parents not securing it properly in their home. then yes most likely they will be charged.
