Plenty of hunters up here in BC. It’s very popular.
What you don’t see is this same level of insane gun culture up here. And nobody is gifting their unstable 14 year old a gun. Gun ownership here is highly regulated.
Not replying to ‘sphere’ (how do I remove that in this new lovely forum format???)…
Just wondering, as long as the gun was purchased by the adult, is it in fact legal for a 14 year old to be given/own a gun? Google search is kind of unclear…
Just thinking about what dad is gonna argue in court…
Generally speaking, a juvenile cannot “own” or purchase a rifle. They can be given a rifle, as was the case with respect to this school shooting, but ownership would reside with the parents. A juvenile can “possess” a rifle but possession and ownership are different (maybe, arguably a distinction without a difference. For instance, a juvenile can hunt with a rifle, in which case they are clearly in possession of the rifle; but ownership would still be assigned to an adult, even if the gun “lives” with the juvenile.
There are exceptions (for example, active duty military) and individual states have their own particularities. I can’t speak to specifics related to GA law.
I don’t watch much TV these days, and even when I do it’s mostly streaming… But the only reason I even heard about this shooting is because my sister works at the hospital the school is closest to.
Well last time I looked, the US constitution and in particular are pretty unique to the US. So assuming your talking about Gun control, because you don’t actually mention what it is that is unique here, and there are a lot of things that contribute to the school shootings.
So sure if you want to change the constitution have at it, but I don’t think thats going to do much in the next 10 or 20yrs.
WRONG, most if not all the other options are possible as they are not controlled by our constitution which is hard to change. The problem is the Rep wont support any of the Dem ideas, better mental health programs for one, the Dems wont support Rep ideas, police or other armed people in schools.
Changing the Constitution requires quite a bit more than 5 votes on SCOTUS. Advocating for continued poor behavior from the Judicial Branch, just shaded in favor of the position you like, isn’t really a good way to approach democratic governance.
Changing the constitutional meaning of the 2nd amendment to what courts believed for 200 years, seems totally sensible. How exactly is that poor behavior?
I don’t think that reverting to previous interpretation is the same as “changing the constitution.” Also, I’m not sure you could really say that there was a consistent reading of the Constitution with regard to firearms for 200+ years.
Saw a bit of the press conference by local LEOs yesterday. One guy, either local Sheriff or GSP thanked the teachers and staff for ‘standing in the gap’ and protecting the kids. Seemed odd phraseology to me but it sounded familiar. Didn’t a ‘Stand in the Gap’ group of clowns organize that ridiculous benefit for the J6 ‘patriots’ at Mar a Lago? Perhaps I’m reading too much into it. Shirley a Georgia LEO didn’t actually wink at those knuckleheads.
I called for it years back on this forum: go after the parents of school shooters. Some balked at it as cruel. Guess what’s happening? They’re starting to go after the parents. And I am totally on board. If you are OK your non adult owning weapons then you can be OK with huge consequences.
And yes, the parents can be off the hook if the kid stole the weapon from someone else. Duh.