Gun Control & RKBA

loknar

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63. Parents who leave pills out for their children to get into should be prosecuted as well

Reply to mikeb302000 (Original post)

Thu Jan 3, 2013, 11:04 AM

Jan 2013

and to the fullest extent of the law if the child comes to harm as a result of their negligence. And yes, parents who leave loaded guns laying around for their children to get into should definitely be prosecuted if and when harm results because of their negligence. I once participated in the resuscitation of a 19 month old girl whose parents threw her in a river to teach her to swim. they let momma out of jail so she could be there when they took the girl off life support and let her go. Some people shouldn't be parents.

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Should Parents Whose Children are Killed Playing with Guns be Prosecuted? [View all] mikeb302000 Dec 2012 OP

depends on where the gun came from gejohnston Dec 2012 #1

If their child is already HALO141 Dec 2012 #18

How about if the parents go to jail and lose their guns? nt mikeb302000 Dec 2012 #25

There should be laws about safe storage quakerboy Dec 2012 #32

Agreed nt mikeb302000 Dec 2012 #41

This shooting happened in Minnesota. Jenoch Jan 2013 #47

i think the manufactures should be sued for not making guns childproof samsingh Dec 2012 #2

Absolutely! (nt) ehrenfeucht games Jan 2013 #50

What would make the firearm child proof? aikoaiko Jan 2013 #54

Absolutely they should be prosecuted Siwsan Dec 2012 #3

They are, depending on the circumstances Recursion Dec 2012 #4

"Can" but often isn't. nt mikeb302000 Dec 2012 #26

Absofuckinglutely! Tempest Dec 2012 #5

And of course the same thing applies to household toxins, swimming pools, bathtubs, Common Sense Party Dec 2012 #22

I would say yest to those, except for bathtubs. ZombieHorde Dec 2012 #30

It does for swimming pools, I know that Tempest Jan 2013 #46

Be nice if you ever actually read what you post. Clames Dec 2012 #6

What are you talking about? mikeb302000 Dec 2012 #27

No, it isn't. Clames Dec 2012 #37

So you think most people who allow gun accidents are prosecuted? nt mikeb302000 Dec 2012 #42

No and that makes sense since the majority result in self injury. Clames Dec 2012 #45

Favorite group: Gun Control & RKBA, 396 posts in the last 90 days (96% of total posts) ... eom Kolesar Jan 2013 #52

Your favorite group too. Clames Jan 2013 #61

IMHO... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #7

Um quakerboy Dec 2012 #33

Experience trumps hearsay.... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #35

Edge of the prairie quakerboy Dec 2012 #39

One of my wiser instructors... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #40

It's a state law issue slackmaster Dec 2012 #8

Almost... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #11

define children and playing. ileus Dec 2012 #9

Anything, right, anything at all to shift blame away... TheMadMonk Jan 2013 #57

Well, you mucked up the facts a bit. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #10

What was mucked up? nt mikeb302000 Dec 2012 #28

Do you want to sit on that jury? jeepnstein Dec 2012 #12

Mikey would love it. He is that bloodthirsty. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #15

He is that bloodthirsty.? Kolesar Jan 2013 #53

I'd be happy to sit on that jury dballance Dec 2012 #31

How about accidental drownings? DookieMonster Dec 2012 #13

They are both tragedies. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2012 #14

same intent gejohnston Dec 2012 #17

Spam deleted by bluesbassman (MIR Team) DookieMonster Dec 2012 #19

negligence is negligence. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #16

Leave it to prosecutors. What's the big deal? nt Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #20

I believe the parents are culpable of negligence. So let's say I go along with you, Mikey Common Sense Party Dec 2012 #21

What do those other tragedies have to do with a discussion of guns and gun rights? nt mikeb302000 Dec 2012 #29

Can't or won't answer? Telling. nt Common Sense Party Dec 2012 #36

They have to do with causes of child mortality, like a firearm, in the context you have raised. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #38

I never said there was a difference. This thread is about guns not all those other things. nt mikeb302000 Dec 2012 #43

Why? AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #44

Are the "grizzly reports" the ones that the Forest Service puts out? Common Sense Party Dec 2012 #23

The Right to Arm Bears ... holdencaufield Dec 2012 #24

I agree... SummerSnow Dec 2012 #34

Absolutely & also children who drown in family pool or die from other things controlled by parents. jody Jan 2013 #48

Yep, as long as parents whose children die in locked cars are as well nt geek_sabre Jan 2013 #49

should negligence be punished? Yes, of course. CBGLuthier Jan 2013 #51

because he was a cop gejohnston Jan 2013 #56

grisly, not grizzly riverwalker Jan 2013 #55

Difficult to make laws banning "stupid". nt jody Jan 2013 #58

anyone who hurts a kid - zero tolerance iiibbb Jan 2013 #59

Should parents ... holdencaufield Jan 2013 #60

well... hbskifreak Jan 2013 #62

Parents who leave pills out for their children to get into should be prosecuted as well loknar Jan 2013 #63