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Originally Posted by moneymotivates
Funny you have so much to say about this but failed to even read the article that was first posted in the thread. Arkansas law has been changed because of this unfortunate event so they can now try someone under the age of 14 as an adult.
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Its unfortunate that a child that has been obviously neglected, has to pay for a crime like that. I agree somewhat with that to a point....
But when the child "stole" the guns, and precalculated the crime of murder of several individuals, he is obviuosly not fit for society. Anyone else disagree with that????
I am not making a stance against or for gun laws. I come from a family of hunters, and have owned guns myself. I have shot dead many ducks, rabbits, squirels, deer, and racoons. I remember going hunting when i was 14 with a 20 guage shotgun..I took the hunter safety course. I seen other kids there, I was scared to death to be around, when they had a gun in their hands.
My father showed me alot of discipline and was very active in our lifes. I have always felt very fortunate for that.
What im trying to say is that, I didnt shoot anyone when i was 14, even though I owned my own shotgun. My father and mother, installed good morals and intelligence in me at an early age. My parents would have never given me a gun, if they thought I had a screw lose. Im not saying his parents gave him a gun. In the "news article" it says he stole the guns, but just like any parent should be responsible for what a child does... so should his parents.
In my mind, my parents would have been just as responsible if I were to have harmed someone with my firearm along with myself. My father would have been responsible for allowing me to go out into the world, not paying attention to the obviuos warning signs of a disturbed individual, thus neglecting me and my well being, not too mention the well being of other people.
Parents need to start bearing more responsiblity for their children, or dont have them.