In this case, the criminal was 10 years-old when he pulled the trigger and the Neo-Nazi was his father who had a long history of abusing the boy.

Yesterday this unnamed boy, who was tried as an adult and is now 12 years old, was handed an 11 year prison sentence:

As the LA Times reported, “Public Defender Matthew Hardy focused on the boy’s abusive home life, where gunplay and neo-Nazi gatherings were commonplace. Witnesses testified that Hall beat his son repeatedly, often in drunken or drug-addled rages.”

and the coup de grâce…

Although the judge recognized the defendant’s history of abuse, he ruled that the child was in a position to make a moral judgement. “Even with that background, the court must look at the facts of the case,” the judge said.

Oh. Sure. Every terrified, abused 10-year-old steeped in weapons, racist speech and Nazi regalia knows right from wrong. They’re experts in moral judgement. By the way, where’s mama? Is she accountable for her 10-year-old son having a gun?

I find this difficult to believe. The court is JUST BARELY coming around on the issue of battered woman syndrome, but drags its feet on the issue of child abuse which, in reality, is just another form of domestic violence. Its a logical inconsistancy to recognize one and not the other; especially in the case of child abuse where the victim’s options are even more limitted. Its cases such as this that have me wondering if there was any previous CPS involvement.

The documented abuse should have been enough to place all of the children into protective custody. Where did this take place?

Over in Riverside County.

And at a much greater cost to society catpaw. The judge hands down the sentence on the 15 th of Feb.,the boys attorney plans an appeal.

For this same reason, I question the benefit of having the Taft shooter charged as an adult. To what benefit is this to society? So that our DA can put a notch in her belt and run for reelection that she’s ‘tough on crime’? This kid is 16 years old. In the eyes of the law he is too immature to drink, smoke, vote, or see a rated R movie by himself. How can we have such an arbitrary definition of ‘adult’ in America and consider it just? Americans seemingly are in the habit of having such logical inconsistancies in order to tailor the rules in accordance to our own conveniences and prejudices. No wonder why our young people have become so disillusioned.

Restriction on the means and discussion of the root cause are two separate issues. I think the far right have confused the viewpoint of MOST in the center and left. Its not about destroying the Second Amendment. That’s hyperbole lacking of ANY substantial evidence. The issue is making sure these weapons remain in the hands of law abiding, responsible citizens and don’t end up in the hands of those with nefarious purposes in mind. Now, I’m sure mike will go surfing the net for some far left extreme example to substantiate his ‘war on the second’ claims. As can anyone search the internet for an example of far right fanaticism such as the guy that went off about shooting people if they place any more restrictions on guns.