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jimlongley wrote:

MotherBear wrote:

FL450 wrote:I hope boy isn't charged for a minor being in possession of an illegal gun.

I'm not familiar with NY law, but logic (yes, I realize that's in short supply in NY) seems to indicate the robbers should be charged with making the weapon available to a minor. I could live with that.

I am, and section 265 and 400 of the penal code will be enforced against the person who committed the most violations and least likely to be able to defend himself in court, the child.

The home invaders can't be charged under section 400 because it specifically states "lawfully possessed" and they didn't, but the child can because he handled the gun without a license, and "A Misdemeanor."

Under 265, same thing, but adding 265.05, 265.03 due to 265.05, and 265.08 due to 265.03 and all this due in part to the new 265.36, the kid will be tried and convicted of a Clsss C Felony.

No reason to expect any difference from Andy Cuomo.

It was the kid's fault anyway, for having a home; the home invaders no doubt did not have his advantages and were just doing their best to survive.

This is just more evidence of our failing public schools. This child was apparently left behind, since if he had learned anything from the tremendous effort to demonize guns in the public school system and the media, he'd have realized that guns are objects of pure evil and can't be touched without turning into a monstrous killer. Didn't anyone teach him how bad he'd feel for injuring or killing some poor victim of our unfair and evil society, someone on the verge of turning his life around? All they wanted to do was steal enough to take care of their families, and this misguided child put everyone's life at risk over a little property like a television. The right thing for him to do was call 911 and wait for help to arrive, and only as a desperate last resort, find a pair of scissors.