RE: Oakland School Shooting
December 1, 2021 at 11:30 am
(This post was last modified: December 1, 2021 at 11:32 am by onlinebiker.)
(December 1, 2021 at 11:19 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(December 1, 2021 at 11:10 am)onlinebiker Wrote: Giving the kid the combination or access to the keys is as negligent as leaving the gun unlocked. So my statement stands.
And - I appologize - I realized that was an unfair statement and edited it to be a question - which you already answered. Sorry.
So you agree with me. Why is it a stupid exemption?
For the reason given above. If you’ve cited the law correctly, then ANYTIME a gun is stolen from a locked safe, the owner isn’t culpable. If you were to give someone - a fifteen year old son, say - the combination and he gets your gun and shots three people, you’re not culpable. Why? Because the gun was stolen from a locked safe.
I’m prepared to amend my position if your law has caveats which cover that scenario.
Boru
Ok.. I see what you are saying. No. The gun owner is responsible for the gun' s use in any case of someone who is given access to the weapon.
Potentally if I loan you ( an adult allowed guns) to go hunting - and you go off on a nut - I could be held criminally and civilly accountable. I don' t know of any such criminal cases - but there was a civil case some years back... If I give you access to the gun safevand you take the gun - it is not stolen.
The exemption is for if the gun is STOLEN - implying someone who does not have access to the gun safe.
This is a clear case of negligence.....