Chandler boy’s shooting accident could result in charges
CRIMEDA SAYS JUVENILES SHOULD NOT HAVE PISTOLS
BY NOLAN CLAY AND JOHNNY JOHNSON
Published: January 6, 2009
CHANDLER — A district attorney said Monday that state law prohibits giving a child a pistol, and he will consider filing criminal charges over the accidental fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy.
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Officials speak out
Since the accident, other officials have stepped forward to stress that it is against the law to give a child a firearm.
"Giving loaded guns to children and letting them use them unsupervised is extremely dangerous, and this is the type of stuff that happens,” said Warr Acres police detective Sgt. Alan Davidofsky.
"I just don’t want people thinking this is a tragic accident but it’s still OK for children to be running around with firearms.”
The detective said it is possible parents could be held responsible even if a firearm is simply accessible somewhere in a house or vehicle.
A Warr Acres woman was charged in September in Oklahoma County District Court after her son, who was then age 9, was found at an apartment with a handgun.
The boy in that case said he took the gun "from underneath my mother’s pillow,” according to a police affidavit.
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U.S. State Government, U.S. Government, Law, Shootings, Criminal Law, Trials, Criminal Trials

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