lunar_unit t1_j5ps5jt wrote
Reply to comment by Lidjungle in Update: Henrico boy, 16, pleads guilty to fatally shooting Lucia Bremer, 13, in inexplicable killing by Charlesinrichmond
>What is his liability for keeping an unsecured gun around a mentally disturbed child who had already been posting threats to his school??
It's a class 1 misdemeanor, which is basically a slap on the wrist. In any case, the cops charged the guardian, it went to court, and he was acquitted due to “insufficient evidence to convict.”
https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title18.2/chapter4/section18.2-56.2/
Article on gun owners' acquittal:
Lidjungle t1_j5py3mp wrote
"According to Taylor, Judge Margaret W. Deglau cited a “safety talk” given by Pierce about gun safety as “sufficient instead of simply locking away a lethal weapon in an appropriate manner.”
JFC.
bozatwork t1_j5v12q0 wrote
What an indictment of the system. Complete joke. No, it's not sufficient. Why? Because he still took the weapon without permission and used it to kill someone.
Asterion7 t1_j5q0y3u wrote
What a fucking joke.
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