911 fails again. Good job to the Mom, that stove needed her.

[gunsmith]

weeks of torture!?

liberal!

 

[snowtigger]

Torture? No, the bas@#$d is not worth it. Just a bullet through the head, then dump him with the rest of the garbage. This is a father's job. When we begin to treat scum this way, this plague will end. Not just this time, EVERY TIME!
Something like this happens to one of my grandkids, the perp had better run to the police. Some things are worth going to prison for, I can think of eighteen, right off the top of my head.

 

[OhioPaints]

<<<No matter how many times it happens, there are still some parents out there who don't believe it'll ever happen here...again.>>>

Too much paranoia and overprotectiveness is bad too.

Lika another poster said, I too walked to school and played outside even when I was 5. Same with our kids.

No matter how carefully you try to protect kids, things do go wrong, that's part of life. (No, I'm not saying rape is acceptable! Just that life isn't perfect.)

Of course it depends on the neighborhood, but then bad things happen in good neighborhoods too.

Ken

 

[crebralfix]

After reading enough of these...I stay armed as often as possible. If that means no sports, then that's OK with me. Shooting is my sport. I can easily exercise armed.

Some may call that paranoid; I call it prepared

 

[Mark Whiteman]

I think the ladies came up with a good one: "Disarm rapists". I like the old west attitude: "Yeah, we'll give him a fair trial before we hang him." I think maybe there would be more predators out there controlling their urges if they knew for certain they'd end up on display, minus certain organs, as an example. Don't forget, all this only works when the perp is caught in the act, and backed up with forensic evidence. No cutting rapists loose because the judge took a donut offered by a jurer.

 

[10 Ring Tao]

It doesn't sound like any kind of weapon would have come into use here. Once the perp was confronted, he turned tail and ran.

 

[Working Man]

These are not the same days as skipping to the pond at 9 or 10 and knowing
everyone you see along the way. Time was a kid could also have a .22 slung
over his shoulder and the only words said were "what you shooting for". Those
days are gone.

The boy was 7 and the girl was 8 (second and third graders). To be left alone
at a park is inexcusable. I was about 10 or so when I was allowed to go off
alone anywhere, I'm male, and was a big 10 year old.... and that was into
the wood where the most dangerous thing was coyotes and I was armed.

Supervition is not overprotection and I stand by my first statement...

The mother should be charged with negligence and child
endangerment. Only a fool leaves such young children unattended.

Looks like supervision would have worked here but now the child pays.
If one is not willing to or can't spend the time to properly be a parent then
one should not have children.

 

[CNYCacher]

well I must say that if I were to find some guy raping a child and I was armed (which I nearly always am), I don't think I would just let him run away

maybe that's not a justified shooting legally, but he would never do that again

In New York State, forcible rape is on the short list of crimes where lethal physical force is justified both to stop the crime and also to prevent the immediate escape of the perpetrator.

Source: NYS Penal Code, Section 35 (can't link because the NYS law website is stupid)

 

[lance22]

Sadly, few children recieve the protection they deserve. If caught, the perp should be impaled on the steps of the state capital. Just goes to show how useless liberal "safeguards" are. Child was not alone, was in well-lit area, et all.

Protection of children should be a tireless duty, vigalant to a fault, able to stop an attack from determined agressors at a moment's notice.

 

[bclark1]

I am agreeing that no one is at fault but the criminal. It's a sad day when kids can't play on their streets, especially in a decent neighborhood (which this sounded to be). Parents can't be there 24/7 - even if the children are in the yard, it is madness to think they must be under constant observation until they're old enough to carry. I wandered the woods and suburbs as soon as my mother would let me leave her sight and big cities by 13. Sometimes I got lost - sometimes I still do. And if something had happened, there really would have been no blame to place, unless another person had caused it. So I think it's bogus to blame 911, and especially the mother. As a parent, you'll lose your life and probably screw up your kids if you don't allow them the freedom and trust that comes with taking your eyes off them. And I felt a major push of these gun forums, at least with the pro-carry community, was the understanding that although our civil guardians do their best, we cannot count on the law enforcement community to be by our side's every second of every day. No, the fault lies with the criminal, and the criminal alone. If he is mentally competent, he deserves the worst. If not, he needs to be put away indefinitely. Violent and child sex offenders are the lowest of the low, and we certainly need the stiffest punishments possible not only out of our desire to make it fit the crime, but as a deterrent for those capable of understanding the consequences of their actions. As one small tangent, let's not forget those who are like children as well, the handicapped and elderly, often as vulnerable as an 8 year old. Comparable abuses occur in these populations with astounding frequency, often by those charged with their care, but go unreported. "It takes a village," and as the decent villagers, we must all look out for those who can't look out for themselves.