2nd man cited in boy's gun case

The Washington Times ^ | 1-26-06 | Arlo Wagner

[JZelle]

Montgomery County police yesterday charged a Germantown man with knowingly giving a gun to a felon whose 8-year-old son brought it to a day care center Tuesday and, while playing with it, shot a 7-year-old girl in the arm. Clyde Colmes Jr., of the 13200 block of Lake Geneva Way, has been charged with giving a .38-caliber Taurus revolver to the boy's father, John Linwood Hall. Police said Mr. Colmes, 53, knew that Hall had a criminal record when he gave him the gun. Mr. Colmes also was charged with participation in an unlawful transfer or sale of a regulated firearm and reckless endangerment. He surrendered to police yesterday and was being held at the Montgomery County jail last night. The arrest comes a day after police charged Hall, 56, with leaving a firearm in a location accessible to a minor. Authorities also charged Hall's son in the incident, but details of the charges could not be learned yesterday because he is a juvenile.

[Yo-Yo]

Only a matter of time until they go all the way up the chain and charge Tarus with manufacting the evil implement of death.

[martinidon]

I have no problem with charging the father and the guy who gave the father the gun. The father should be punished severely for allowing his child to gain access to a loaded weapon. The guy who gave the felon a gun should also be punished severely for giving or selling his gun to the felon.
I own several guns and I own, and handle, them responsibly. It is the actions of these type people that encourages and give creditability to the gun grabbing politicians!

[kAcknor]

I have no problem with charging the father and the guy who gave the father the gun.

I'm with you as long as the guy gave it to a 'KNOWN' felon. If it was given/sold to an individual who hid or disavowed his past then it would be different.

I only say that because there will come a time when some prosecutor will fail to note that difference, and it will be used to remove our right to sell a gun individual to individual.

[martinidon]

I am not sure I am comfortable with anyone giving someone else a gun whether you know the persons criminal background or not. I think that if you are going to give or sell a gun to anyone it is your responsibility to know if they can legally posses a gun. In this case it appears the guy knew of the other guys criminal background.
My preference is that any gun sales/transfers go through someone authorized to sell them.

[butternut_squash_bisque]

Frankly, I'm surprised that the 'reporter' didn't call it an "assault weapon" or "machine gun".

[kAcknor]

giving someone else a gun whether you know the persons criminal background or not

I did say: hid or disavowed his past and I meant it.

The few times I've actually sold a gun, I asked, and if they would not have produced an ID and let me copy information, the answer would have been "No Sale"...

OTOH I'm not about to join Sara Brady and her ilk in calling for the closing of the so-called "Gun Show Loophole" which is nothing more than the ability of me to sell you a gun without also telling the State.

[Woodstock]

...knowingly giving a gun to a felon whose 8-year-old son brought it to a day care center...

Felons breed felons.