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Originally posted by Masklinn:
Cerek :
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look towards our house, reach behind his seat and pull out a rifle
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So this guy was dangerous cause he had a gun...therefor you feel the need to have one yourself for protection, then the bad guys can't do bad stuff without guns cause all good guys have one, so they get themselves one etc...etc... This is a vicious circle. And that results in more domestic accidents like this one.
[/QUOTE]OTOH, if you and all law abiding citizens destroyed their weapons, the only ones with guns would be the bad guys. And thats an even worse situation. The world would (probably) be a better place if science had never been turned towards weapons of destruction, but theres no way to return to that state now.
As far as this case goes, all the guy is guilty of is being incredibly stupid. His son paid the price for that. Keeping a loaded weapon where a child can easily get at it is insane. (Whether or not keeping an unloaded weapon where a child can only get at it with extreme effort is any better is another debate).
Keeping a weapon you dont know how to handle safely is also insane. I get the impression that the guy left the weapon loaded all that time. Not smart.
So for punishing him, I reckon the authorities got it right in this case. Cant think of a better punishment.