Just be sure your son likes your new girlfriend...

...or this could happen.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090222/ap_on_re_us/pregnant_woman_killed


Trying the 11-year-old as an adult. Really? Doesn't there have to be something really hinky we don't know about yet.

 

Or at least lock up your guns.

 

Lock up the guns? This was the 11 year olds personal weapon.

The shotgun used is designed for children and has a shorter arm and such weapons do not have to be registered

 

Bad choices all around. But in the end, if the kid shot her, he deserves what he gets. She sure didn't.

 

Houk's family and friends, who gathered at her parents' house Saturday night, told The Associated Press that there had been past problems with the boy.
"He actually told my son that he wanted to do that to her," said Houk's brother-in-law, Jason Kraner. "There was an issue with jealousy."


The boy's father, Christopher Brown, is "a mess" and had no indication his son had a problem with Houk, Elisco said.


So the woman's family knew the kid had some problems but his father -- who made sure the kid knew how to use his "no need to register it" kiddie shotgun -- didn't?
More great parenting.

 

I blame Halo .

 

He's 11. He's in no way capable of thinking like an adult. JFC.

 

Exactly. It's time to analyze what kind of music this kid was listening to and what kind of video games he was playing. Cause we know it's gotta be that. Couldn't possibly be the parenting.

Ugh.

 

Maybe he is a pirates fan and snapped

 

If that's his defense, he'll get off for sure.

 

An 11 year old knows that if you point a gun at a person and pull the trigger, someone is going to get hurt.

You can argue (probably correctly) that the boy had emotional problems and psychological and psychiatric issues that should factor into how the crime is treated, but it's just wrong to say an 11 year old doesn't understand.

I wish the laws provided that anyone who buys, sells, or manufactures guns for minors can be charged as an accessory when those guns are used to commit crimes.

 

He's certainly capable of killing like one, though.

There's gotta be a middle ground here. His age is a mitigating factor, but you can't write off murder as "childish behavior" and give the kid a pass.