[JoeProBono]

Teen hunter sentenced for killing hiker

[cripplecreek]

Never EVER shoot unless you’re sure.

[allmendream]

Fourteen year old morons with guns should get put in jail until eighteen for firing at a silhouette in the fog and killing an innocent hiker.

30 days is a farce.

[Still Thinking]

I can’t imagine how 30 days is an appropriate sentence. Either he’s responsible in the death or he is not. If he is, it’s ridiculously short. If he’s not, why would he have to spend any time in jail at all?

[Dayman]

30 days is little comfort to her husband and children. There is no justice in this sad situation.

[beagleone]

I think the appropriate punishment would be to send him out into the woods in bear season in a bear costume.

[ApplegateRanch]

I do not understand how the judge can straight facedly say that firing at a silhouette in the fog, at 150 yards was not “reckless’.

[GovernmentShrinker]

I’m all in favor of teaching kids to use guns, but 14 is really too young to be wandering around in the woods with a gun and choosing your own targets. The older brother who was with him was also under 18.

[Newtoidaho]

I lived in Mt. Vernon for several years, graduated from high school there and all I can say is there were plenty of stupid people living there and throughout Skagit county, so this story does not surprise me.
Prayers for the woman and her family.

[Red in Blue PA]

The sentence is NOT appropriate! You need to know what you are shooting. This is a farce and devalues that woman’s life.

[Shooter 2.5]

Jeff Cooper’s Four Rules of Gun Safety

RULE I: ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED

RULE II: NEVER LET THE MUZZLE COVER ANYTHING YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO DESTROY

RULE III: KEEP YOUR FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER UNTIL YOUR SIGHTS ARE ON THE TARGET

RULE IV: BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET AND WHAT’S BEHIND IT