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Originally Posted by L-Pink So if someone breaks into my home and carts off my gun safe then commits a murder with one of my guns I am liable? Sounds legit. What about your guns? Are you ready to go to prison because someone broke in and used yours while you're in Hawaii vacationing? .

Maybe, the line needs to be drawn somewhere ... If you have taken reasonable precautions -- like leaving your guns in a safe place, e.g., under lock and key, and your home is burglarized -- you would not be liable criminally or civilly for what crimes are committed with your firearms.

But you could make is a crime to have made your firearm easily accessible to a minor who commits a crime with it.

Let's face it, there are no good alternatives. I doubt under the circumstances even an armed guard with a flack jacket would have been in the right place and time to prevent this.

We shouldn't need more draconian laws regarding firearms -- just their responsible use. Fact of life, lots of kids (and adults) think they can settle disputes with violence. The Romans used to crucify criminals -- that didn't work that well ...

So, there is only some "feel-good" solution anyway.