Sheriff's deputies say a 10-year-old central Ohio boy died when he was accidentally shot while he and other children were playing with a shotgun.Update from Fox
The Morrow County Sheriff's Office said Dalton Wayne Taylor was shot in the chest in his family's garage at about 6 p.m. Thursday near Marengo, about 40 miles north of Columbus.
The sheriff's office said it is unclear who fired the gun and how, but Dalton apparently did not shoot himself.
The gun was left in the garage with other hunting gear. Deputies didn't know if it was loaded prior to the children finding it or if they loaded it.
The boy's father was home at the time but was in the back yard, the sheriff's office said.
Taylor's father called 911 while frantically trying to save his son's life after the shooting. During the call, the man is heard blaming himself for leaving the gun in the garage.Why in the world would there be no charges? Is everyone so devastated by the results of this negligence that they feel no charges are necessary?
"The family is crushed right at the moment," Brenneman said. "How else could you be? They're just devastated."
Investigators are still working to determine the details of the shooting, but Sheriff Brenneman said he does not expect charges to be filed.
Is that right? What's your opinion?
Gee, maybe they're properly applying the criminal statutes regarding negligence the same way they would apply them to any other case of accidental death, as opposed to applying a totally different standard when guns are involved, as you demand that they do.
ReplyDeleteMaybe, but I'm interested in gun control.
DeleteAnd so you want to create a legal double standard that makes gun ownership radioactive.
DeleteThat goal is pretty clear from what you say on this blog. That's why gun owners don't agree that your proposals are "common sense" and that we should accept them.