Should A Father Be Charged For His Son’s Crimes?
BY Herschel Smith
3 months, 1 week ago
The answer is no. Sure, the father was certainly a putz. He purchased a rifle for his son. This is fine, and many young boys have learned to hunt deer with rifles bought for them by their fathers. But if you do that, you lock it up if you have a troubled child. He didn’t.
And for being a putz, you also know that because when he grabbed stuff from his home, he left the dogs.
He … left … the dogs … to fend for themselves.
Anyway, for theological support I cite Ezekiel 18:20.
“The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.”
For me, that’s the end of that.
As for charging family members with the crimes of other family members, that’s what communist countries do. It’s not just bad precedent, it’s wrong.
On September 9, 2024 at 7:45 pm, BigCountryExpat said:
Waiting for persecutors to start charging the Fathers of blaq gangbangers in 3…2…1…
OH!
That’s right… they won’t/can’t.
Either the Sperm Donor is ALREADY in prison or completely MIA
How foolish of me to forget!
On September 9, 2024 at 8:37 pm, X said:
What’s bogus is that they charged the 14-year old kid as an adult. If the kid is an “adult,” then the father cannot be responsible. If the kid is a minor, then the father is responsible.
They want it both ways. It’s pure grandstanding and demagoguery by the prosecution.
On September 9, 2024 at 10:52 pm, Dan said:
I agree this is mostly a prosecution for the cameras. It’s to show they are going to “DO SOMETHING” since they didn’t actually intervene when they had the opportunity. As for parental responsibility for the actions of their children….that’s become a very complicated issue. Since if a parent actually punishes the child they will often face a plethora of charges for doing so. But keeping firearms locked away from children under 18 is a NO BRAINER. No minor child should have unfettered access to firearms. Period. But beyond that the father should not be held responsible for the actual crimes. Failure to secure a firearm resulting in a crime can be a separate crime for which he might be held accountable. But no more than that.
On September 10, 2024 at 9:25 am, Alex Lund said:
In the 3rd Reich it was called Sippenhaft.
On September 10, 2024 at 11:02 pm, Matthew said:
It’s chiefly an attack against gun ownership.