Given that the definition of criminal negligence refers to not using reasonable caution, and almost everyone who has been around guns has been taught to consider them loaded until proven otherwise, they did not take reasonable caution, and they obviously put someone at risk of injury or death, this fits the definition of criminal negligence.
You gave the definition of negligence. The specific definition of criminal negligence is as follows:
statutes.legis.state.tx.us/SOTWDocs/PE/htm/PE.6.htm
What I quoted was the definition of criminal negligence from a dictionary.
The operative word here is “seem”. No one is shrugging it off. No one thinks it is not a big deal. In fact, it is such a big deal that the suffering of the parents strike a chord of sympathy in people. I am sure they are in much more grief than you over this death.
Exactly this. I also would add that nearly all accidental deaths ARE preventable. All of us are guilty of things that could care great harm. Even if it is something minor like not buckling a high chair or stroller strap. It could still result in accidental death.
Not even close to the same thing. A child falling out of a high chair or stroller could die, but it is a very low percentage chance. A child being shot has a very high percentage chance of dying.
It happens MORE often than a child dying by a gun. And even more kids suffer life long brain injuries due to falls and other accidents. And drunk driving is a whole other thread. Not even related to accidental deaths at all. Drunk drivers make a decision to drink and drive, it’s not the same thing at all. As many kids raised in the rural parts of this country and as few times as this has happened…can’t even recall the last time it’s happened here. No, I don’t agree with leaving guns out and that’s why I monitor where my kids go because most families here DON’T lock their guns up. It is still unheard of for a child to be killed like that. We here about it happening in Nashville but under different circumstances, not accidental. We hear about a drunk guy shooting himself in the leg, but again that is different. But on any given day a child is hurt in other ways. My dad kept his service revolver loaded and in the kitchen cabnet. All the guys on the dept with dad did the same. All the guys that hunted kept their rifles in their truck, usually more than one and a bow as well. It is how it is. It’s not going to change anytime soon. I don’t have any guns in my house because I don’t trust myself keeping an eye out for my kids or other people’s kids when they come over, but I still don’t see what these parents did any different than what MOST other parents in rural KY do. Sad, gut wrenching and horrendous don’t even begin to describe a baby dying, no matter the circumstances. But I would never dream of telling you how it is best to live in your hometown. I can’t possibly know what is best. When we move to a new area I always ask people how things are done, because it is culture shock just moving from KY to AZ or TX or NY or NC. It takes time to acclimate. And some places I never could and was so glad to be leaving in all honesty! I’m not proud that the people in my home state are often the butts of jokes for the way we do things, but I am so glad that I know the truth about us. We are self sufficient, hard working, willing to do whatever it takes to take care of our own, and we sacrifice much more than most in order to take care if our children and our elderly. That is how I KNOW that this mom would not have purposely done anything to endanger her children. I realize it is probably different circumstances and I will not understand your life. Just like you can’t understand this family’s either.
I am sure her parents think it is a big deal. I am outraged that so many people want to add to their griefI really would like to know why people seem to be acting like this child being killed is something that should just be shrugged off as an accident and no big deal.
Perhaps that is not what people mean, but it sure comes across that way.
I personally am outraged that this child died. I am outraged when any innocent child dies of a preventable cause!
Mop buckets aren’t designed to kill people. Lawnmowers aren’t designed to kill people. Medications and cleaning supplies are not designed to kill people. Even poisons are not designed to kill people (bugs and critters yes). Only guns are specifically designed to kill PEOPLE. A five year old can barley tie his shoes. Yet you see nothing wrong with giving something designed to kill to a child like that.
I don’t doubt that probably because nearly every parent who has a 2 year old has a high chair but not every parent of a 2 year old has a gun so naturally the potential is much higher.
The law doesn’t work that way.
No, guns are not designed specifically to kill people any more than a butcher knife or ax is. I’m not talking about a military style semi automatic here. This is a small rifle made to teach how to shoot, hunting small game, target shooting. I have no real opinion on what age the parents decide is appropriate to teach their children how to shoot/hunt. My dad taught me at age 3, but I’ve never owned a gun. My kids don’t have any, but we start teaching them very early. Most first sons are given dad’s first gun between age 4 and 12, depending on their family tradition.
Here, nearly every family with a 2 yr old owns a gun, and still it happens many more kids here are hurt by falls. First time in recent memory that it was a gun that hurt a kid. Personally I don’t own a high chair. I have 8 kids and have never used a high chair. My parents never used one either. We sat on mom or dads lap until we could sit in our own chair. It has nothing to do with safety just that it seems so unnecessary to spend that much money on something I can do without. Plus it’s one less thing to move every few years. And I dont know how the law works in other states, but in KY a judge cannot just take guns away. The US Constitution doesn’t allow that, and the KY state constitution doesn’t either.
Actually if you are convicted of voter fraud, that is a felony, which means in most states you do lose the right to vote.
No one said anything about a felony charge. He is arbitrarily making up sentences to avoid punishing the parents any further. That isn’t how the law works. There are charges and accompanying sentences that are possible.
Apparently you’ve never heard of this law:
Figures a guy like Lautenberg would think that was a good idea.
I have no doubt that families in your particular area have guns around but if you did a national analysis it might skew differently.
I disagree. I keep a firearm in my home for protection from criminals who may wish to enter my home to rob me or worse. (I am an adult who lives alone, with no children by the way)
Guns aren’t designed to specifically kill only people. They are also used for hunting. To kill animals for food.