Mountainjeff wrote:mrchad9 wrote:3 MONTHS!!!
That's pathetic. I feel sorry for the victim and her family.
The kid was 14. How is more time going to help anything? He is not a danger to the community and will not be able to do the same thing again. Not to mention, 3 months is not out of the ordinary for 2nd degree manslaughter.
Well, as I said, I do not think the age should matter. If the state's position is that 14 year olds are responsible enough to hunt, then I think they should be held to adult prison times if they shoot someone. If that is an issue, then perhaps a law saying that only adults are permitted to hunt. This is similar to why children are not allowed to drive. Because if they did, they'd be committing 2nd degree manslaughter all over the place. And my goodness. We don't allow them to have a beer, but they can carry loaded weapons?
I'm not trying to get into a 2nd Amendment discussion. I know having such a law banning their hunting might be tricky. But if they are going to
choose do an adult activity with potentially life threatening consequences, I think they should be treated as adults. They always have the freedom to do something else. And that could be instituted without any 2nd Amendment hurdles. Just my thoughts. I know it will never happen. It won't win votes, except for the unfortunate families of those who have been killed.
If a kid did go away for many years though, it is possible others would either be more careful about shooting outlines of animals, or make the decision not to hunt at all.