[MindBender26]

P.S. This is not a “gun owners rights” issue. This is an endangering a child issue. The 5 year old is a vic here.

If an adult (or minor) points an unloaded firearm at any person, that is an assault. It may not be “ADW,’ Assault with a Deadly Weapon, but it is certainly ADI, Assault with a Dangerous Instrument. In this case, the Trooper facilitated his son assaulting the young girl.

Stupid 101, and not the kind of case we want to use to establish our point. It's a perfect “See, that's why we need gun locks” media case for the other side.

[mad_as_he$$]

Oh and by the way. I could care less what the NRA thinks; I might consider GOA’s position but the NRA can kiss my ground pounding a$$.

[Still Thinking]

If an adult (or minor) points an unloaded firearm at any person, that is an assault. It may not be “ADW,’ Assault with a Deadly Weapon, but it is certainly ADI, Assault with a Dangerous Instrument. In this case, the Trooper facilitated his son assaulting the young girl.

Yes he did, but he did so by failing to educate his kid, not by failing to store his weapon in some bizarre and foolish manner mandated by a bunch of pants wetters. You and I both know that children older than toddlers, when properly trained, are safe around firearms. It's been that way for centuries.