Should parents be jailed if their children have access to their firearms and use them in a shooting?

[lostchild]

Societal changes...
When I was a kid, all my friends had .22 rifles or .410 shotguns (except that one lucky one with the .22/.410 over/under). From about age 12 on. When and where I grew up, you could walk down the road with your gun in hand and nobody seeing you pissed their pants.
'Course we were more socialized, and not de-sensitized by hours of video games. Not even any brain-rotting TV in most homes. All we had were the Saturday morning Western movie marathons at the theater.
And that was long, long ago.

 

[cr107]

Your kid has been questioned by the FBI in the past for threatening to shoot up a school and you supply him with an ar15 rifle, hell yes. You should be charged with the full murder rap, perhaps even more than the kid, those people would still be alive if you did not put that gun in his hands. And if the "gift" was before he was questioned about the threats you still should have made damn sure he did not have access to a firearm.

• Colin Gray gave his son an AR-15 style rifle as a gift, two law enforcement sources said. It's unclear when he gave the gift, but it was after authorities interviewed the father and son last year in connection with threats to carry out a school shooting,

I’ll get flamed for this I’m sure but if the FBI interviewed my kids about threats made online of this nature, I would not hesitate to remove firearms from my house to my brothers or something to do everything in my power to prevent this, along with other measures of course.

I sure as hell wouldn’t buy them a gun. FFS.

 

[kimberlover]

I bet his punk ahhh daddy is on this sight.

well if he is good chance the AR came from here

 

[glocker]

well if he is good chance the AR came from here

You never know. I have seen used ars going for 3-fiddy at pawn shops lately, so he would have better chance at getting a deal outside of the odt.

 

[Bulldog Man]

The father in this case should be charged because he had to no that kid had issues But on the other hand I have seen first hand where family's have a few kids that are all pretty good kids all raised the same way then you have one that's just no good for some reason My dad had 3 brother's My dad and 2 of his brothers were good men then one was just crazy in and out of jail his whole life couldn't even trust him in our house What I trying to say blame the parents for the way there kids are is not alway's true There is a black sheep in most family's

 

[CTS Tactical]

The father in this case should be charged because he had to no that kid had issues But on the other hand I have seen first hand where family's have a few kids that are all pretty good kids all raised the same way then you have one that's just no good for some reason My dad had 3 brother's My dad and 2 of his brothers were good men then one was just crazy in and out of jail his whole life couldn't even trust him in our house What I trying to say blame the parents for the way there kids are is not alway's true There is a black sheep in most family's

If you read my first post (#12) I allowed for this fact. If your child is known to be a problem child and you have tried to do something about it then that is different then just having kids and expecting the government ran school system to teach them right from wrong.

 

[MacTavish]

That kid and his father were interviewed last year about this issue.
The family moved to a new town and school.
The father knew there was a problem. His son was still able to get his hands on a family gun.
The father is culpable has been properly charged in this matter.

 

[Bulldog Man]

If you read my first post (#12) I allowed for this fact. If your child is known to be a problem child and you have tried to do something about it then that is different then just having kids and expecting the government ran school system to teach them right from wrong.

Not trying to pic a fight here just stating my thought's Sir Glad to hear we see it the same way

 

[sambo77]

In this case absolutely. It was reckless and negligent to give a kid, who has been interviewed by LE for threatening to shoot up a school before, a firearm. I hope the father spends his life in prison, would rather see death penalty for both but they can't. My nephew saved a young boy, one of his classmates during this event and the terror he described it as is on the father's hands just as much as it is on his son's. He knew his son was a messed up kid and still bought him a rifle and there are no signs of him doing anything to address his son's issues.

 

[WinstonSmith]

If there is obvious negligence then sure. Too many variables for a blanket answer though. Like most things, the answer isn't simple. Charging parents should be case by case and require judgement of law enforcement and the reasoning has to hold up in court to judge and jury. I do worry about a 1 size fits all government practice being abused, but I definitely agree there will be some instances where charging parent would be justifiable.