Lidjungle t1_j5pkyvx wrote
"Detectives responded to the home and spoke with the owner, who advised that he rented the basement to Richard Pierce and his two adopted children, which included Williams. Pierce then talked with police and advised he owned a 9 mm pistol and showed officers where he kept it, along with ammunition."
Another unsecured gun. So happy we live in a country just f___ing full of responsible gun owners. What is his liability for keeping an unsecured gun around a mentally disturbed child who had already been posting threats to his school??
lunar_unit t1_j5ps5jt wrote
>What is his liability for keeping an unsecured gun around a mentally disturbed child who had already been posting threats to his school??
It's a class 1 misdemeanor, which is basically a slap on the wrist. In any case, the cops charged the guardian, it went to court, and he was acquitted due to “insufficient evidence to convict.”
https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title18.2/chapter4/section18.2-56.2/
Article on gun owners' acquittal:
Lidjungle t1_j5py3mp wrote
"According to Taylor, Judge Margaret W. Deglau cited a “safety talk” given by Pierce about gun safety as “sufficient instead of simply locking away a lethal weapon in an appropriate manner.”
JFC.
bozatwork t1_j5v12q0 wrote
What an indictment of the system. Complete joke. No, it's not sufficient. Why? Because he still took the weapon without permission and used it to kill someone.
Asterion7 t1_j5q0y3u wrote
What a fucking joke.
FlexRVA21984 t1_j5qkaql wrote
We need to start handing out decades long sentences for gun offenses. Possession of a stolen gun? 20yrs mandatory minimum. Fail to properly secure a gun? 10yrs mandatory minimum. Gun used in the commission of a crime? 15yrs… It’s time to get serious with these pieces of shit. These aren’t victimless crimes. You want a gun? Then, fucking be responsible. Otherwise, rot your life away.
mah658 t1_j5u8a7t wrote
Won't ever happen in 'merica. The right just loves their guns just too damn much, and any mention of common sense gun control such as storing firearms under lock and key sets them off in a "you can't take my guns" rant.
upearlyRVA t1_j5qt8rk wrote
Pretty sure renting the basement wasn't allowed as well. BTW, based on VA law, that particularl gun was considered "secured"
Lidjungle t1_j5qu4hg wrote
Literally the Judge was like "But they had a 'safety talk', acquitted!"
I know the bank doesn't bother to hire security guards, they just have someone outside that gives you the "Stealing's bad, m'kay?" talk. Because that's known to work.
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