A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order to stop release of blueprints for 3-D printed plastic guns

unsung said:

I am amazed how this has so many people scared.

unsung said:

I am amazed how this has so many people scared.

• Story by John Woodrow Cox and Steven Rich | Illustration by Federico Yankelevic

Halifax2TheMax said:

And yes, yes they should, minimum 10 years. Lock up those "responsible" gun owners.

Should parents be prosecuted for failing to lock up guns used in school shootings?

After every campus rampage, there is heated debate about how to curb the violence. But if kids did not have access to guns, a Post analysis found, two-thirds of school shootings since Columbine could not have happened. In Kentucky, where a teen is accused of killing two classmates with a gun from home, a prosecutor is weighing his own approach: “I’m seriously thinking about going after the stepfather.”

• Story by John Woodrow Cox and Steven Rich | Illustration by Federico Yankelevic

‘The gun’s not in the closet’

Since 1999, children have committed at least 145 school shootings. Among the 105 cases in which the weapon’s source was identified, 80 percent were taken from the child’s home or those of relatives or friends.

Yet The Washington Post found that just four adults have been convicted for failing to lock up the guns used.

Now, after a deadly school shooting in Kentucky, a prosecutor must decide: Should the parent who owned the weapon be charged?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2018/08/01/feature/school-shootings-should-parents-be-charged-for-failing-to-lock-up-guns-used-by-their-kids/?utm_term=.be58fa147b5a

Since 1999, the shooters in at least 145 acts of gun violence at primary and secondary schools have been under the age of 18, according to an analysis by The Washington Post. Discussions about how to curb shootings at American schools have centered on arming teachers or improving mental health treatment, banning military-style rifles or strengthening background checks. But if kids as young as 6 did not have access to guns, The Post’s findings show, two-thirds of school shootings over the past two decades could not have happened.

While investigators don’t always determine — or publicly reveal — the weapons’ origins, The Post found 105 cases in which the source was identified. Of those, the guns were taken from a child’s home or those of relatives or friends 84 times. The Post discovered just four instances when the adult owners of the weapons were criminally punished because they failed to lock them up.

Only 14 states and the District have approved such laws, according to the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, but even those statutes, researchers say, are often not enforced, are too limited or carry weak penalties, rendering them ineffective.

The issue drew national attention in May after a 17-year-old in Santa Fe, Texas, was accused of killing 10 people at his school with a handgun and a shotgun that belonged to his dad. Although the state has a negligent-storage law, the father could not be charged under it because Texas defines a child as 16 or younger.

Nothing can be done.

Meltdown99 said: