17 year olds have a diminished capacity to understand and anticipate long term consequences compared to 25+ year olds. In the moment he may not have cared about “the rules”.
We learnt this stuff as kids. Not even from the US but grew up on farm. Well before we were ever trusted to touch a rifle we were told time and time again these stories about brothers (or friends) playing with a gun, one of them points the gun at the other and pulls the trigger; killing the brother/friend.
It’s not on the kid(s), it’s on the responsible adult. If you have firearms around, even if they’re not intended to be used by everyone, everyone in proximity to them should be taught gun safety and the firearm stored securely.
17 year olds have a diminished capacity to understand and anticipate long term consequences compared to 25+ year olds. In the moment he may not have cared about “the rules”.
We learnt this stuff as kids. Not even from the US but grew up on farm. Well before we were ever trusted to touch a rifle we were told time and time again these stories about brothers (or friends) playing with a gun, one of them points the gun at the other and pulls the trigger; killing the brother/friend.
It’s not on the kid(s), it’s on the responsible adult. If you have firearms around, even if they’re not intended to be used by everyone, everyone in proximity to them should be taught gun safety and the firearm stored securely.
While I agree with this sentiment, we don’t know if it was the mother’s firearm. For all we know she was anti-gun.