This is as bad an over-reach of authority as the 3-year old in Piedmont, Oklahoma, being ticketed ($3,500, IIRC) for peeing in his front yard.
Sure, this kid needs to be punished and talked to about the severity of his actions; but at his age, he does not understand how bad the results of his actions could have been.
Wow, myself and sons would be more than broke if we got fined for every time we went in the yard.
I say different. The kid peeing in his front yard is doing something that is perfectly natural. Nobody would get a ticket if their dog was peeing in the front yard.
This kid shot and hit two cars. I doubt he’ll be convicted of anything, but he committed a felony, so being charged with it isn’t shocking. Given that there ARE 7-year-olds in less nice areas of the country that are actually trying to commit violent acts, you can’t just make a blanket rule that no 7-year-old should even be charged.
It’s after the charges are filed that the real discretion will start. Unfortunately, what is likely to happen here is that the parents are in big trouble for letting their child shoot a BB gun at cars.