And you still won't actually answer a direct question. Do you oppose the idea that parents be held accountable on these types of shootings?
Parental responsibility laws are as old as our Country hence my previous answer was mocking response to your naivety.
You got a lot catching up to do so start with this list.
Happy reading!
70. Jill Smolowe, Parenting on Trial, Time, May 20, 1996, at 50.
71. Id.
72. Robin Meredith, Michigan Parents Convicted for Youth's Misconduct, N.Y. Times, May 10, 1996.
73. Howard Davidson, No Consequences -- Re-examining Parental Responsibility Laws,
70. Jill Smolowe, Parenting on Trial, Time, May 20, 1996, at 50.
71. Id.
72. Robin Meredith, Michigan Parents Convicted for Youth Misconduct, N.Y. Times, May 10, 1996.
73. Howard Davidson, No Consequences Re-examining Parental Responsibility Laws, 7 Stan. L & Po.Rev. 23, 25 (1996) (citing P. Thomas Mason, Child Abuse and Neglect, Part I: Historical Overview, Legal Matrix and Social Perspective, 50 N.C.L. Rev. 293
Id.
78. Cal. Penal Code 272 (West 1988).
79. Model Juvenile Handgun Code 36 (National Criminal Justice Ass.Unpublished Draft 1995) [hereinafter Model Handgun Code].
80. National Conference of State Legislatures, Legisbrief, Kids, Guns, and Accidents: Taking Responsibility (Sept. 1993).
81. Kathryn Parsley, Constitutional Limitations on State Power to Hold Parents Criminally Liable for the Delinquent Acts of Their Children, 44 Vand. L. Rev. 446, 453 (1991).
82. Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390 (1923).
83. Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 268 U.S. 510 (1925).
84. Williams v. Garcetti, 853 P.2d. 507 (1993).
85. Geis & Binder, supra note 75, at 319.
86. Toni Weinstein, Visiting the Sins of the Child on the Parent: The Legality of Criminal Parental Responsibility Statutes, 64 S. Cal. L. Rev. 863, 878 (1991).
87. Silverton, Ore., Ordinance 95