New year brings new laws
Another new law permits criminal charges against gun owners who fail to store weapons safely _ perhaps by using trigger locks _ in cases where a child ends up injuring someone with the gun. The gun owner could be fined and jailed for 30 days.
Such laws won't stop gun violence, but they can have a real impact, said Barbara Shaw, director of the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority.
``The more society puts its collective foot down, so to speak, the more deterrence we´ll have,´´ she said.
Gov. Blagojevich Launches Children's Mental Health Partnership
Barbara Shaw, Director of the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority has been appointed Partnership Chairwoman. Referring to the challenging task before her committee, she commented, "I look forward to working with the Partnership and the Blagojevich Administration to build our children's social and emotional strength so they can become happy, achieving students and productive, caring citizens. We expect that Illinois will be a national leader in this effort."
I wonder. Is it any less severe if the child injures someone else with the cocaine they found? The knives they found? The cleaning products, gasoline, lighters, etc. that they found?
I wonder if there are laws that permit criminal charges against the child's guardians for that?
"Gov. Blagojevich Launches Children's Mental Health Partnership"
I take it that you think this is a method to ban future gun ownership? I'd say that you're seeing black helicopters, but you may have a point. The more kids the state diagnoses with ADD, short-term depression, "behavioral problems", etc., the less gun permits that have to issue later.
Good ol' Ken H -- always thinkin'.