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<blockquote data-quote="bwaites" data-source="post: 223630" data-attributes="member: 8733"><p>There doesn't appear to be any doubt about the facts: She was shot by a 14 year who was hunting unsupervised.</p><p> </p><p>You can't recreate the circumstances, so what does the trial prove? He's acknowledged that he pulled the trigger, the evidence is that she is dead after being hit by the bullet. What does the court case prove? All that is left is deciding if the accident requires that he spend the rest of his life paying for his mistake. One life has been destroyed by this accident, does destroying his improve the situation? Does incarcerating him solve the problem of underage hunters hunting unsupervised? </p><p> </p><p>This is already a tragedy, do we make it a bigger one by rushing to judgement? </p><p> </p><p>In answering your original question. I would be devastated, but I hope I would also recognize that this is a young man who is probably almost as devastated as I was, and I hope I would be big enough to understand that accidents can and do happen. </p><p> </p><p>I'm not excusing his part in the accident, but I am trying to make sure we don't sacrifice another life, simply to satisfy our need for revenge.</p><p> </p><p>Washington Hunter Safety classes are pretty tough, at least from the class my son attended. (In Washington State, anyone born after 1972, I think, must attend a course before receiving their license.) </p><p> </p><p>The kid made a mistake, no one is suggesting he didn't, but the adults involved can make just as big of a mistake if they handle it wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bwaites, post: 223630, member: 8733"] There doesn't appear to be any doubt about the facts: She was shot by a 14 year who was hunting unsupervised. You can't recreate the circumstances, so what does the trial prove? He's acknowledged that he pulled the trigger, the evidence is that she is dead after being hit by the bullet. What does the court case prove? All that is left is deciding if the accident requires that he spend the rest of his life paying for his mistake. One life has been destroyed by this accident, does destroying his improve the situation? Does incarcerating him solve the problem of underage hunters hunting unsupervised? This is already a tragedy, do we make it a bigger one by rushing to judgement? In answering your original question. I would be devastated, but I hope I would also recognize that this is a young man who is probably almost as devastated as I was, and I hope I would be big enough to understand that accidents can and do happen. I'm not excusing his part in the accident, but I am trying to make sure we don't sacrifice another life, simply to satisfy our need for revenge. Washington Hunter Safety classes are pretty tough, at least from the class my son attended. (In Washington State, anyone born after 1972, I think, must attend a course before receiving their license.) The kid made a mistake, no one is suggesting he didn't, but the adults involved can make just as big of a mistake if they handle it wrong. [/QUOTE]
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