Father mistakes son for burglar and kills him with gun

[Regulus]

This is what I assume you're talking about.

There's obviously not enough information to blame it on a specific cause.

[SlayerOfLight]

Let's blame it on stupidity of both the father and son.

[Regulus]

Well, that's kinda hard not to do.

[SlayerOfLight]

More or less.

[SlayerOfLight]

Why the hell was his son lurking around someone's house in a ski mask at 1 in the morning?

Probally looking for some bananas to eat...

[wolfishgirl]

what can i say other than "oopsies"
the father had a right to shoot the son if he legitimately felt threatened, but he could have shot his son in the leg or arm to slow him down instead of going for a kill shot.

[TheRoguePrince]

So what are we going to blame it on next? Witches? demons? the devil? The father? Heavy metal music?

How about none of the above? Just an accident? lol

[TheRoguePrince]

So what are we going to blame it on next? Witches? demons? the devil? The father? Heavy metal music?

How about none of the above? Just an accident? lol

How about the fact that he has a gun? lol

Oh, this is a "Guns are evil, remove them all" kind of thread?

[TheRoguePrince]

^You threw me for a loop when you started blaming witches and heavy metal music. I thought you were a Mormon from the 1980s or something

But yeah, gun control won't work. Maybe in this incident it would have been best if he didn't have a gun, but what other arguments are you trying to say? The age old one that it reduces crime? Criminals don't obey the law. If they can get cocaine, which is illegal, they can get guns, if they were ever outlawed. Although, try to get Americans to surrender their firearms lol. I don't want to end up sounding like wolfish in the Election thread, but Americans having guns, isn't really your concern lol. I mean, you can most certainly discuss opinions about it, but at the end of the day, the average Netherlander (?) isn't affected.

Also, don't stereotype me as an average gun loving 'Merican. I swear I'm not like that

[RayCat]

Well, I am english and I think having a gun is perfectly fine- just as long as you have a licence to own one. It's just for self-defense in my opinion, if not collecting firearms lol x3 I agree that going for a "kill" shot was a very bad move; even if it had been a burgler, no need to actually kill 'em! A bang to the leg would do to injure him and then call the police if you ask me. I think it was just the father's mistake... he is human after all =P