[NormsRevenge]

per the procesutor ... the boy did not know the gun was loaded, did not intend harm, and had no criminal record.

As part of his sentence, the special education student also must spend 500 hours speaking to other youths on the dangers of guns.

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Condolences to all affected by a reckless act.

[gcruse]

When they outlaw guns in the hands of special education 14 year-old kids... I'll feel a little safer.

[NormsRevenge]

the boy is also a special education student .. the reckless part would include the boy's parents or guardian that allowed a weapon to be accessed.

sounds like diminished capacity may have come into play in this case , dependent on the particulars of the boys either physical or mental condition at the time of the accidental shooting.

sad all the way around.

[LtdGovt]

per the procesutor ... the boy did not know the gun was loaded, did not intend harm, and had no criminal record.

He should be prosecuted for manslaughter. He willingly took the risk that the gun was loaded (and it's always a risk, when you use a gun). I'm sure he would not have used it on his own head, even if he thought that it was not loaded.

Let me share something with you. Last year, when the Child Safety & Protection Act was being debated in the House of Representatives, I saw a radical Democrat speaking. He said that the Act would expand the range of death penalty offenses, and include the accidental killing of a child by a child molester.

He complained that it would be a disgrace to include such an 'accident' and treat it as de facto murder. But is it? A vicious child molester, who risks some innocent child's life and 'accidentally' kills him, how much of an accident is that? People shouldn't be free to take risks under which other people will suffer.

I would use the same principle in this case. This boy was willingly taking a risk at someone else's expense. He did not have that right. Since someone got killed, this sentence is a disgrace.