Posted on 01/02/2025 8:33:37 PM PST by Libloather
Kentucky’s legislature is primed to consider a bill in the new year that would make parents responsible for their juvenile child committing a crime involving the discharge of a firearm.
State Rep. Kim Banta, R-Erlanger, modeled her legislation after similar laws that hold parents accountable for property crimes and motor vehicle accidents.
In the Bluegrass State, parents are liable for up to $2,500 in cases where their kids deface property and the guardian who signed a minor’s driver's license application is "jointly and severally liable" for any findings of negligence or damage behind the wheel.
"The most important thing is that I am absolutely not trying to stop gun sales or enact gun control," Banta told Fox News Digital in a Friday interview.
"I'm simply trying to make parents aware that whether it is driving a car or doing anything else their child does, they need to know what they’re doing, and they need to exercise caution."
Similar to the language in the car-crash law, Banta’s bill imputes "negligence or willful misconduct" of a minor on their parents/guardians for civil damages stemming from injuries to another person that are caused by a person with a gun.
Factors in determining parental liability include whether the elder allowed the child to have the gun, was aware of previous gun law violations or believes the minor to have the propensity to be violent, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.
On Friday, Banta said there had been a recent case in Kentucky where several 15-year-olds got into a disagreement, purportedly over drugs, and one boy went home, retrieved a gun, and came back and shot the two other youths.
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By this logic, we can hold judges accountable for crimes committed by the people whose sentences they commute.
“..By this logic, we can hold judges accountable for crimes committed by the people whose sentences they commute....”
Exactly...
What’s good for a parent ought to be also good for some low-life woke “judge”.
With selfsame almighty State in charge of the children far more hours per day than the biological parents. Should we be throwing teachers in jail?
💯.
That’s right.
That’s not a bad idea. Some judges are way too quick at releasing dangerous criminals
Far too many.
Along with DA's, governors, and presidents.
And of course they will abolish all child protective laws and child protective services agencies so parents can have “full authority” to discipline their children the good old fashioned way.
So in the example, if the boy had gone to a friend’s house and got a gun and used it would the friends parents be responsible? What about the grandparents? If they didn’t have kids they wouldn’t have the grandkids that caused the crime? What about the store that sold the kid the clothes he wore? I’m guessing he wouldn’t do it running around nude. Maybe the shoe company is liable as well. How about the builder that built the home that had the gun in it?
The stupidity of government and law makers is shocking.
Of course. Parents must be made to be responsible for their children and then pass that sense of responsibility to the children. This should apply to everything children do, just like in those time I grew up.
Bad idea. Too many inputs and variables in all facets of life to be solely on the parents. In the end, this seems like an avenue for another form of taxation.
Because that would result in "minorities disparately impacted" ... and we can't have that in today's world.
make parents responsible for their juvenile child committing a crime involving the discharge of a firearm.
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Well, Maybe (MAYBE), if the kid got the parent’s gun from a secure storage.
Else, if the kid got the gun himself, from a dealer or off the street, the kid is on his own.
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