Supersonic Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/B...In%2BBirmingham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slarti54 Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 "The shooting prompted campaigners to call for legislation to make airgun owners liable for their misuse." Well fair enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilv Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 I would be surprised if the father isn't charged. His actions were so negligent in leaving a loaded gun with children, that I think he could face a charge of manslaughter. His actions were the grossest kind of negligence when you look at it. Gross negligence amounting to reckless disregard for life leading to a death is all you need to prove for it to become manslaughter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 perhaps remember the guy will be gutted and would a criminal case be in the public interest? will he do it again its highly unlikely. To me its a tragic accident and just perhaps he ought to be left alone to come to terms with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan147 Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 irrespective of the tragic circumstances involved, your thoughts have to go to the family. They will have to live with this for the rest of their lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilv Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 perhaps remember the guy will be gutted and would a criminal case be in the public interest? will he do it again its highly unlikely. To me its a tragic accident and just perhaps he ought to be left alone to come to terms with it irrespective of the tragic circumstances involved, your thoughts have to go to the family. They will have to live with this for the rest of their lives. Yes indeed - but there is a precedent: remember the case of the lad whio was shot by his stepfather while out lamping foxes? He and his mate had some teenaged kids with them. They left them at a particular spot and then went off lamping. They misplaced where they were and the man who was later charged with manslaughter, became so disoriented that he shot his stepson in the head with a rifle. No dount the man will be destroyed by guilt, but he was charged and admitted manslaughter. Story here: By Richard SavillLast Updated: 1:15AM BST 28 Jul 2005 Byron Evans Byron Evans A man who shot dead his 13-year-old stepson during a night-time "lamping" expedition pleaded guilty yesterday to the teenager's manslaughter by "gross negligence". Philip Rowe, 51, shot Byron Evans after he became "disorientated" in the darkness and mistook him for a fox. At Exeter Crown Court Mr Justice Steel granted Rowe bail, and adjourned the case for sentencing on Sept 2, when the Crown will give details of the circumstances of the killing. Rowe, a carpenter, of Colyford, east Devon, admitted the manslaughter of Byron at a farm in Harberton, south Devon, on Sept 11 last year. Lamping is a method of pest control involving the night-time shooting of foxes and rabbits after transfixing them with the aid of bright lights. Det Sgt Paul Bean said Rowe's guilty plea "shows this was not a tragic accident, it was in fact a criminal act of gross negligence". He said Rowe and another adult were in a field with Byron and two others under the age of 16. Byron was the youngest in the party. The officer said it was indicated that the youngsters should stay in one place while the adults looked for a fox. One of the adults shone a high-powered torch across the field and, said the officer, Rowe shot at "the merest glimmer" not at a target. Byron died in hospital in Exeter after being hit by a single .22 rifle bullet. The charge to which Rowe pleaded guilty said he failed to carry out a reconnaissance of the land and failed to give a safety briefing to the party. LINK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 This seems like a tragic accident that will no doubt haunt the father forever. Shame those muppets of the "gun control network" jumped on this particular incident in an attempt to exploit the mans misery. Since the name of the owner is known, how can they suggest registering the ownership of the rifle would have made any difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuftySnuffer Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 Well Yes Not just the father, but the kid who pulled the trigger. Will she ever get over it? (Of all the places to aim a weapon why at her bretheren) Probably not. I notice from recent firearms amnesties that the police have, that ninety nine percent of the weapons recovered are always airguns. Usually legitimately owned for either plinking or a bit of hunting. The drug dealing gangland groups who terrorise communities will never give up their illegal weapons, so what will Brown's "Lets get tough on airguns" campaign actually do? Nothing. If anything more people are likely to purchase an airgun of sorts now that many councils have gone to collecting bins only once every two weeks. Before long we'll be overrun by rats, and the national sport for GB for the 2012 Olympics will be FLY TIPPING Just my 6 pen'th PGB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAN88 Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 there gonna ban knives and forks next and all the tools in my tool boxes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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