TCB wrote:
As a teacher one of my biggest frustrations is when my students don't bother to actually read what is written. Reading comprehension is an important skill one that should be continually cultivated throughout life.
I have looked back through this thread and have yet to see anyone BLAME the lady for the kid shooting her. It is his fault! Seems that some cannot stand the fact that a little common sense MIGHT have helped to stop this from happening! Might have helped keep her alive IN SPITE of this kids mistake!
Look man, you herd kids for living and maybe that's getting you worked up into some sort of a lather over my statement about him being tried as an adult.
But, talking about my reading comprehension is really pretty poor, as baits go.
I'm probably the worst person you could have picked out of this thread to have some sort of Yu-Gi-Oh! resume smackdown with in that respect (writer). So, let's move on and save you some face, shall we?
I said this:
All of you should be falling over yourselves to place the blame squarely on the shoulders of this kid without excuses or conditions.
It's my opinion that he should be charged with 2nd degree murder and tried as an adult. He knew what he was doing when he chambered a round and his actions were deliberate.
You gotta draw the line somewhere.
Perhaps you should read what I wrote and try to beef up your own reading comprehension, since there is no mention of blaze orange and second guessing her.
That kid carried the power of life and death in his hands when he went out there. Whether he was ready to accept the consequences or not, he was certainly ready to reap the rewards.
He loaded, made ready, aimed, and fired that shot into that woman's body. And, she spent her last minutes or seconds (if she had any) wondering what had hit her, panicking, getting cold, and feeling her life fade from her body- and probably feeling confused as to what was happening.
I find any mention of what she should have done to be distasteful and disrespectful to her, and pandering to him as even the most minuscule of excuse making. And, I refuse to take part in it.
As an entire shooting community, we should have enough respect for tragic death to not engage in this kind of nonsensical "woulda, coulda, shoulda" behavior, since we are the ones who constantly remind each other that there is a lawyer and a social penalty attached to every bullet we fire should it go wrong (or even right, on occasion).
And, we should be very eager to ostracize shooters who are stupid enough to shoot another human being unintentionally, whether 14 or 40.
I stand by my assertion that he should be tried as an adult under the charge of 2nd degree murder because I can't bring myself to say "well, it was an accident" when it was not. And, that's the justice I'd demand for myself were I shot and killed (if that were possible) or for my immediate family.
You may disagree, and you're certainly welcome to do so. But, manslaughter doesn't fit the crime, imho. Perhaps then, we'll have a rash of years without people dying from hunting "accidents" as more people check their targets and try less to shoot through the brush or fog.
As an avid backpacker and hunter, the life that saved may be my own. And, if locking that kid up for murder saves my life because someone double checks their target instead of paying lip service to the 4 rules, so be it.
