There's a difference here...
... between MORAL responsibility (which parents almost always have, unless they had no possible control over an outcome) and LEGAL responsibility, which does concern itself with things like knowledge, training, etc.
The father bears moral culpability, and used very poor judgment.
But how many posters here have wanted to get their wife or mother a snubby .38, because the little gun would be the right size for her?
Most of us realize snubbies kick more, and are harder to shoot, and don't make good beginner's guns. Joe Public out there has no clue.
So it's no surprise to me that the father would think the smallest Uzi would be most controllable. That in itself tells me he was NOT a gun guy, and did not really have a clue.
... between MORAL responsibility (which parents almost always have, unless they had no possible control over an outcome) and LEGAL responsibility, which does concern itself with things like knowledge, training, etc.
The father bears moral culpability, and used very poor judgment.
But how many posters here have wanted to get their wife or mother a snubby .38, because the little gun would be the right size for her?
Most of us realize snubbies kick more, and are harder to shoot, and don't make good beginner's guns. Joe Public out there has no clue.
So it's no surprise to me that the father would think the smallest Uzi would be most controllable. That in itself tells me he was NOT a gun guy, and did not really have a clue.