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It's important to teach children that there will never ever, ever be consequences for their actions. /sarcasm
6-year-old who shot teacher won't face charges, prosecutor says
The chief prosecutor in Newport News, Virginia, said there is no legal basis to charge the child, although his office is still reviewing whether to charge others.www.nbcnews.com
You exemplify the death of CanadaThe obvious answer to the problem is for parents to keep their guns locked in a safe.
That will then require the homeowner to become proficient at getting the guns out of the safe in less time than it takes the bad guy to pull the trigger!
Or just allow the bad guy to have the big screen t.v., stuff, so the homeowner and his family can live to tell the story.
I definitely think this kid should have regular psychiatric evaluation for years to come in order to avoid being sent to a special school.No, the child shouldn't be formally punished by the law, but the law must contain a mechanism to charge and punish those responsible for the child's behaviour.
But Americans in great numbers will reject punishment of the guilty party and that soon leads to anarchy.
Most people in other coutries would say that the gun situation in America has already resulted in gun related anarchy!
Suffice to say that the next child who shoots his teacher (or other) will be able to claim free license to do so, with no logical consequences.
…and to avoid him killing someone within the next several years.I definitely think this kid should have regular psychiatric evaluation for years to come in order to avoid being sent to a special school.
That's why we'd send him to a special school. So he can be supervised and not have access to weapons if he's not going to cooperate with evaluation and therapy.…and to avoid him killing someone within the next several years.
I don't know the full situation and will wait for more information but if the parents left the gun where it was easily accessed by the child, of course they should be charged.
When the prosecutor notes they are not going to file charges on the kid that doesn't mean the kid will not be dealt with in any way.
If a kid is old enough to understand if they shoot somebody with a gun and they can die then they should receive consequences for their actions. It all depends on that bit of information right there.
An intelligent 6 yo can BEGIN to understand what death is.
An average 6 yo? Maybe.
A 6 yo with any kind of academic/cognitive challenge? No. Not even close.
Again, I'm a big believer in kids being held to account. But this child is not 15, or 10, or even 8.
SIX. 6 years old.
Leaving guns in dresser or desk drawers is "easily accessed" for sure.I don't know the full situation and will wait for more information but if the parents left the gun where it was easily accessed by the child, of course they should be charged.
When the prosecutor notes they are not going to file charges on the kid that doesn't mean the kid will not be dealt with in any way.
