It’s still victim blaming. There is no reasonable situation where shooting a kid in the back is ever a good choice. Fucking ever.
Worse, you can’t expect a child to look up online how dangerous a joke is before playing it. Their brains aren’t wired that way. Kids will be ringing doorbells and running away until doorbells stop existing. Shooting them for it is co.pletely and entirely on the person with the gun. Every single time.
Not victim blaming, just an objective observation that it’s not a safe prank to play anymore.
Kid chases a ball into the street and gets hit by a car, it’s the driver’s fault. Kid has the right of way, but parents still teach them to look both ways before crossing because it’s unsafe. Regardless of who’s at fault if there’s a collision, the consequences warrant extra caution. Same deal here. All three cases mentioned in the article resulted in the shooter/driver being arrested; they’re clearly at fault. However, there’s only so much that the law can do to hold somebody accountable for a death after the fact.
It’s still victim blaming. There is no reasonable situation where shooting a kid in the back is ever a good choice. Fucking ever.
Worse, you can’t expect a child to look up online how dangerous a joke is before playing it. Their brains aren’t wired that way. Kids will be ringing doorbells and running away until doorbells stop existing. Shooting them for it is co.pletely and entirely on the person with the gun. Every single time.
Not victim blaming, just an objective observation that it’s not a safe prank to play anymore.
Kid chases a ball into the street and gets hit by a car, it’s the driver’s fault. Kid has the right of way, but parents still teach them to look both ways before crossing because it’s unsafe. Regardless of who’s at fault if there’s a collision, the consequences warrant extra caution. Same deal here. All three cases mentioned in the article resulted in the shooter/driver being arrested; they’re clearly at fault. However, there’s only so much that the law can do to hold somebody accountable for a death after the fact.