Minnesota hunter kills his 8 year old son.........

[Wickedwrench]

If there are turkeys out in the woods as big as a 8 year old boy i am going the other way.

Not me. If they grow that big I'll be eating good for a long, long time.

 

[whome20603]

... and people wonder why I've threatened to dispose of any gun someone seems to think my son may need.

Hunting is kind of a big deal in MN... like ice skating... as soon as they can hold a gun (or wear ice skates and stay up mostly) they're taught how to hunt (or skate).

People are offering your son guns?

 

[Larry Gude]

Psa...

The gun isn't the issue. It is an irresponsible shooter that is the problem Not only should this guy have taken EXTRA time to make sure he positively identified his target (seeing as he had his kid with him) but you should ALWAYS make sure you know what you're shooting at and what is behind it...ALWAYS.

1. Treat all guns as if they are loaded. Always.

2. Never let the muzzle of a gun point at anything you do not want to destroy or kill.

3. Keep your finger straight and off the trigger until you have DECIDED to fire.

4. Be absolutely sure of your target, and what is behind it.

 

[bresamil]

There's something wrong with this story and I think its the father. I've known plenty of people that learned to hunt that young AT THEIR FATHER'S SIDE - not in some other spot in the woods.
I feel badly for the rest of the family.

 

[AK-74me]

There's something wrong with this story and I think its the father. I've known plenty of people that learned to hunt that young AT THEIR FATHER'S SIDE - not in some other spot in the woods.
I feel badly for the rest of the family.

I thought it was weird too that he didn't bring the kid along for the shot. I mean what is the pioint of bring your kid hunting if they aren't going to get to exprience it.

 

[theArtistFormerlyKnownAs]

I thought it was weird too that he didn't bring the kid along for the shot. I mean what is the pioint of bring your kid hunting if they aren't going to get to exprience it.

My guess?

Dad got selfish when he saw a turkey the size of an 8 year old boy and didn't want it to get spooked by his son.

 

[smcop]

A man hunting with his 8-year-old son mistakes him for a turkey and fatally shoots him.

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com

Should the father go to jail for murder?

 

[AK-74me]

Should the father go to jail for murder?

Not unless there was a snake in a birdhouse between him and his son.

Sorry couldn't resist.

 

[theArtistFormerlyKnownAs]

Not unless there was a snake in a birdhouse between him and his son.

Sorry couldn't resist.

 

[Pasofever]

I wonder if he carried him out by his legs upside down

 

[appendixqh]

If you take a eight year old out hunting, wouldn't have him at your side at all times. a$$hole

exactly. Ive taken my 5yr old with me to a hunting blind, that little guy is either sleeping in my lap or sitting right next to me! I can't imagine the grief that family feels right now.

 

[appendixqh]

I wonder if he carried him out by his legs upside down

paso, omg you are not right.

 

[Ken King]

Should the father go to jail for murder?

Nope, not murder, that would be second degree manslaughter. When hunting you don't shoot at anything until you properly identify it.

 

[smcop]

Nope, not murder, that would be second degree manslaughter. When hunting you don't shoot at anything until you properly identify it.

I only asked the question because of a previous thread where a police officer accidentily shot a child. In that thread many posters seemed to want the police officer charged with some sort of murder charge. I was curious if those same people were going to jump in here. It appears not.

 

[theArtistFormerlyKnownAs]

I only asked the question because of a previous thread where a police officer accidentily shot a child. In that thread many posters seemed to want the police officer charged with some sort of murder charge. I was curious if those same people were going to jump in here. It appears not.

We (most of us) never said the officer should be charged with murder :shrug:

This man should be charged same as the officer was, with (second degree I believe) manslaughter. He could also be charged with gross negligence (whatever the law is for endangering a child. I think they could get away with charging him with that).

Either way, at least manslaughter :shrug:

 

[MMDad]

I only asked the question because of a previous thread where a police officer accidentily shot a child. In that thread many posters seemed to want the police officer charged with some sort of murder charge. I was curious if those same people were going to jump in here. It appears not.

"Many posters" wanted the cop to be punished just as any other citizen who was stupid with a firearm and killed a kid. "Many posters" did not believe he should be let off the hook just because he was a cop.

This guy deserves to be prosecuted for whatever Minnesota law that the prosecutor can make stick.

 

[Larry Gude]

Isn't there...

I only asked the question because of a previous thread where a police officer accidentily shot a child. In that thread many posters seemed to want the police officer charged with some sort of murder charge. I was curious if those same people were going to jump in here. It appears not.

...a difference, a rather large one, between someone, say me, screwing up royally and killing someones else's kid and me screwing up royally and killing my own kid?

 

[Larry Gude]

No...

"
This guy deserves to be prosecuted for whatever Minnesota law that the prosecutor can make stick.

...he doesn't. It's his kid. Unless there is some serious evidence of something other than a tragic accident, this case is over because there is no case.

 

[Larry Gude]

No...

This man should be charged same as the officer was, with (second degree I believe) manslaughter.

...he should not. There is a huge difference between me doing something stupid and killing your kid and doing something stupid and killing my own.

MY kid. Not the states, mine.

 

[Ken King]

...he should not. There is a huge difference between me doing something stupid and killing your kid and doing something stupid and killing my own.

MY kid. Not the states, mine.

No distinction in the law as to whether it is your child or someone elses.

609.205 MANSLAUGHTER IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
A person who causes the death of another by any of the following means is guilty of manslaughter in the second degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than $20,000, or both:
(2) by shooting another with a firearm or other dangerous weapon as a result of negligently believing the other to be a deer or other animal;

Now could a person possibly suffer anymore then what they already have for killing their own child, I doubt it, but does that make them immune to prosecution, no.