Eight Year Old Kills Two

An eight year old boy in Arizona is awaiting trial over the death of his father and another adult.

The boy allegedly took a .22 rifle that his father had given him and taught him to use, and proved that the shooting lessons had been understood quite well indeed.

Astonishingly the courts are still deciding if he should be tried as an adult (I remind you, he is 8 years old), and that will of course have an impact on what happens to the boy. Although how fairly he will be treated is another story. Allegedly the boy was already questioned by police without a parent or attorney present, and was not informed of his rights.

But here we are with the same old problem that has plagued America for so long. Why is there so much gun violence in America? What possesses a parent to teach an eight year old child how to use a firearm?

There is only one person to blame in this case. The dead father who thought it would be a good idea to buy his son a gun and teach him to use it. This man was an adult, and he should have known better. We don't let children drive cars, or motorcycles. We don't let them buy Tasers or mace. We don't give them dynamite to play with.

Responsible parents should not place deadly devices into the hands of children. This father learned that lesson the hard way. But his stupidity has cost so many people their lives. The boy will never be the same again. His mother will be devastated too, and will at least on some level, never forgive her son for what he did.

As far as I am concerned, guns are toys that only adults should be allowed to play with. And even then, the law needs to be tightened. There is no reason why citizens should have arsenals of assault rifles and semi automatics with armor piercing bullets. Our gun control laws, are out of control, and we are going to lose thousands more people every year until we get real.