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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: twyacht on March 04, 2011, 07:31:14 PM

Title: PA. Officer Faces Trial For An ND Involving His Own 5 Year Old Son.
Post by: twyacht on March 04, 2011, 07:31:14 PM
This is not an anti LEO post, this is a post revealing how careful ANY firearm owner must be if there are young children in the house.

http://thetruthaboutguns.com/2011/03/robert-farago/police-officer-charged-for-childs-negligent-discharge/



First time I’ve ever heard of a police officer—or anyone else—being charged after a child gets a hold of an improperly stored firearm and causes a negligent discharge leading to their death. I approve. You?



Title: Re: PA. Officer Faces Trial For An ND Involving His Own 5 Year Old Son.
Post by: sledgemeister on March 05, 2011, 03:35:10 AM
Quote from: twyacht on March 04, 2011, 07:31:14 PM
This is not an anti LEO post, this is a post revealing how careful ANY firearm owner must be if there are young children in the house.

http://thetruthaboutguns.com/2011/03/robert-farago/police-officer-charged-for-childs-negligent-discharge/

First time I’ve ever heard of a police officer—or anyone else—being charged after a child gets a hold of an improperly stored firearm and causes a negligent discharge leading to their death. I approve. You?

An out of reach firearm is not a properly secured firearm, In this day and age there are plenty of quick access / biometric safes around to store handguns in. Especially if you have kiddlies.
I some how think that even if he is found guilty and given a custodial sentence it will be nothing compared to what he has to live with every day.

Title: Re: PA. Officer Faces Trial For An ND Involving His Own 5 Year Old Son.
Post by: Ichiban on March 05, 2011, 06:16:13 AM
Truly a tragedy that the couple will never recover from.  Could things have been done differently?  No doubt.  Unless PA has specific laws relating to gun storage, I think they should leave couple alone and let their story serve as an example to others.

The reporting had a very anti-gun undertone to it:  OMG!  He had three handguns!  And 700 rounds of ammunition!  Why on earth would you need such an arsenal?  Truly a dangerous wild man!
Title: Re: PA. Officer Faces Trial For An ND Involving His Own 5 Year Old Son.
Post by: Big Frank on March 05, 2011, 10:08:37 PM
A guy I used to work with strangled his mother in law. Killed her with his bare hands, and the local news made a big deal about how many guns he had in his house.  ???  As if the guns made him dangerous. Biased "reporting" happens all the time.