Well—I agree that the kid should be punished-—but this is a bit over the top!
Actually—it’s a lot over the top!
I’d be really upset if a kid shot a BB gun at my car and damaged a window or made a dent in the car, or chipped the paint.........but I certainly wouldn’t want the 7 yr old to be charged with a felony.
How crazy is that?
Were it my kid I would stomp down to child services and seek out the dimwit who suggested this and show them exactly what a felony looks like.
7yo and felony don’t go hand in hand. Just try to prove he had the mental accuity to know he was violating a law is impossible.
BB and firearm don’t belong in the same sentence either unless it were a 22BB cap which I doubth this is.
Too much unemployment and people living off the system not working causes matters like this to happen. As my father used to say, idle hands are the workshop of the devil.
Actually it’s stupidity run amok which in turn represents what America has become.
A good ass whopping, grounding the kid and taking his BB gun away for a short while would be sufficient... lesson learned.
My guess is the parents will be held accountable, potentially unfit and the child removed and turned over to social services, local idiots will be up in arms (non-lethal of course and I’ll be reprimanded for using the term up in arms) a ban will be implemented on BB guns, a court will award the owner of the car several million in emotional damages, compensation for loss of work and then be awarded disability benefits from the government for PTSD.
I did much the same thing when I was a lad....but with a homemade slingshot. Bike tire tube and a nice piece of "Y" shaped hickory. I aimed at and hit a moving vehicle. The occupant was a large young man. He chased me down and when he caught me he lifted me by the collar so we were face to face. He said, "Let me drive you home kid."
My father was not pleased, made me apologize and then proceeded to tan my hide with the slingshot. This seemed to placate the young man and all parties involved seemed satisfied with the outcome. Except my arse that is.