@mister914 gun culture is no excuse. the point would be to set a strong, sharp norm. if you let your kids have access to firearms, you are responsible for what they do with them. even if a kid seems super sane and responsible, it is your duty to regulate and supervise their use. 1/

@mister914 if you don’t think you can do that, don’t let them access and use firearms. it’s not too big an ask. if a kid gets access to firearms without - parent’s knowledge, despite exercising reasonable care to prevent that, a parent would not be liable. but as a parent, you have certain duties, and regulation of firearm access and use would be far from the most burdensome. 2/

@mister914 will there be sad cases where nice well-meaning people go to jail for what their kid did? yes, just like nice well-meaning people go to jail for drunk driving. like with drunk driving, you have to balance the harm of punishment against the harms that result from failing to deter. in both cases, i think the harms that result from failing to deter overwhelm the harm of punishing people who have in fact done something wrong but still intended and meant no harm. /fin