Slain father taught son to use guns, priest says

Yeah, his attorney says its' very scary for an 8 year old kid. Even one who just killed his father and a friend? Maybe the big bad police should have let Big Bird or Barney interrogate him.

Get real. Who are we as a country if we try an 8-year old as an adult? Have you ever met an 8-year old?

Do you even understand the legal standard of mens rea and criminal capacity that must be proven in a murder case?

This is nothing but media sensationalism that should be ignored from here forward. The child will not and cannot be tried as an adult in our criminal justice system. That is the only sane and legally defensible conclusion.

yar rallek wrote:

Yeah, his attorney says its' very scary for an 8 year old kid. Even one who just killed his father and a friend? Maybe the big bad police should have let Big Bird or Barney interrogate him.

Sam wrote:

The child will not and cannot be tried as an adult in our criminal justice system. That is the only sane and legally defensible conclusion.<quoted text>

In AZ he can legally be tried as an adult.

Such an evil man to teach one about guns.

My father taught me to fire a Winchester and a Smith and Wesson when I was eight years old. Every week we went to the gun club while I learned to target shoot. My dad went to work all day every day and only my mother and I were home.
Where we lived, we were surrounded by cougars and rattlesnakes. I saved the family dog and the neighbor kid from being attacked by a cougar when I was ten. The cougar to this day, and I am 53, is the only thing I have ever killed with a gun.I don't even hunt, am not a proponent of hunting. I am however a proponent of knowing when to use a weapon and how to use a weapon.
Both of my kids, a boy and a girl, learned to shoot when they were eight as well. Their father is a cop and guns were in the house ALL the time. Now my kids are 18 and 16 and the only thing they have ever killed is skeet. But if they had to they could. And more importantly they know enough about guns not to play with them.
You have to know your kid, how responsible they are, how physically strong they are, and you have to have a good reason to teach your kid to shoot.
People who have guns in the house and never teach their kids to use them are walking accidents.
People whose kids live in neighborhoods with parents who have guns and yet never teach their kids to use them, are walking accidents.

JaneWymann wrote:

Such an evil man to teach one about guns.

That reminds me of the last thing my dad said to me before he passed away, "Becareful son, that thing might be loaded."

Why didn't the father teach his son about fishing instead?

...there's term for this which eludes me now. There are probably many angles to this story but they intersect at the final tragedy.

JaneWymann wrote:

Why didn't the father teach his son about fishing instead?

Paedofiles typically use the ruse of fishing to lure little boys to go out all alone on their boat, hence the term, "little man in the boat".

Boy. talk about " teach your children well"

They should really have some type of test to prove one should be allowed to have a gun.

JaneWymann wrote:

Such an evil man to teach one about guns.

This is a joke, right Jane? Or are you really that out-to-lunch?

JaneWymann wrote:

They should really have some type of test to prove one should be allowed to have a gun.

Yes, the Nazis tried that back in 38 with predictable results.

Have you read the US Constitution, Jane?

Guns are just so terrible, they only kill things with guns.

JaneWymann wrote:

Guns are just so terrible, they only kill things with guns.

Indeed. they kill things. They also protect. The police have guns, as does the military. Concealed guns in the hands of private citizens have saved countless lives out on the street from old men wardings of a group of thugs to a woman shooting a rapist that wanted to violate her. There are human predators out there Jane, and unless you are profecient in hand to hand combat and can take somone on that might outweigh you by 70 pounds, then a gun might be something you should consider. A human life is valuable, to that there is no doubt. The question is is your life more valuable or is a criminal's life more valuable than your own?

JaneWymann wrote:

Guns are just so terrible, they only kill things with guns.

It could be assumed that during my shooting of thousands of rounds over the years that at least one insect was killed as a result of their negligence in following firing range policy by being down range during shooting activity.

Should we also have a test to prove you can practice free speech?

JaneWymann wrote:

They should really have some type of test to prove one should be allowed to have a gun.

JaneWymann wrote:

Why didn't the father teach his son about fishing instead?

He did. This boy was taught to hunt small game, fish, snowboarding,play soccer and basketball. He even had an ATV.

No one nos if the little boy was guilty are not. But we do no he needs prayer for Gods sake hes just turned 9 years old. Hes still just a baby.How do any one of us no he is the killer but if he did then why. Ok the boarder Tim was a convicted felon a supposedly drug dealer who was having two affairs with two different women. Maybe it was one of them are their other men .Are maybe Tims wife maybe she knew about the other women before Tim was killed. The stepmom maybe it was her . Maybe her an Tim were having an affair to. The stepmom an dad were fighting all the time I wonder why. An then after her hubby the boys daddy was killed shes out partying an hes not even cold in the ground. How can you say the boy is guilty hes a baby. It sounds like to me he may be a little confused . Hell it confuses me. I think the FBI neesds to step in an straighten this shit out. An can any of you honestly say you have never heard of a crooked police. The boy needs help an our prayers if you got kids. If you get a chance this is a site where the Aunt has set up for the little boy. I may not get it all in exactly right.
www.myspace.com/achildshopeandvoice

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