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Related: About this forumWhy gun owner in Ohio school shooting won't be held accountable
State has no laws governing children's access to firearmsWhile new details emerge about the possible motives in Mondays school shooting in Ohio, another question remains: Will there be legal consequences against the owner of the handgun used to kill three people and injure two others?
As Ohio state law stands today, the answer is likely no.
Officials say T.J. Lane, a 17-year-old high school sophomore, confessed to the killings at Chardon High School, located about 30 miles east of Cleveland. County prosecutors say they plan to try Mr. Lane as an adult, resulting in a possible maximum sentence of life in prison.
The Associated Press reported Wednesday that Lane stole the gun, a Ruger .22-caliber Mark III target pistol, from an uncle who legally purchased the weapon in August 2010 from a gun shop in Mentor, Ohio. Lanes grandparents noticed the gun missing this week from a barn they owned.
It is not yet certain if the handgun was properly stored, had its ammunition removed, or was secured with locks preventing its use all factors that that gun safety advocates say are critical in preventing gun access by children.
According to a 2000 study by the US Secret Service, 65 percent of school shootings up to that point involved a gun obtained from the juvenile shooters home or that of a close relative.
There is a widespread misconception that if you talk to your child about guns they will know enough about how to act around a gun. The problem is, they are still children and studies show, over and over, they will not act as an adult will around a gun, says Laura Cutilletta, a senior staff attorney with Legal Community Against Violence, a public interest law center dedicated to preventing gun violence, located in San Francisco.
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Twenty-eight states have Child Access Prevention laws that make adults liable if it is determined that children were able to access their firearms, although the liability depends on certain factors that vary by state.
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Ohio has no laws governing child access to guns on its books and as recently as this month state lawmakers debated a bill that would allow concealed guns in schools. The proposed bill would extend a provision to the states conceal-carry law, signed last year by Gov. John Kasich (R), that allows concealed firearms into bars, restaurants, shopping malls, nightclubs, and sports arenas.
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Why gun owner in Ohio school shooting won't be held accountable (Original Post)
Kolesar
Mar 2012
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safeinOhio
(32,717 posts)1. families of the dead students
may have a good civil case.
cmd
(5,673 posts)2. self deleted