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Originally Posted by Jesus H Christ
That's the dumbest thing I've ever read on this forum. So if someone steals your car and then uses it in a crime, you should be charged with the same crime?
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A car is not an inherently dangerous weapon. If someone steals your sword, nunchucks, gun, tazer, pepper spray or other weapon and hurts someone with it I would have no problem at all with you being held responsible. Owning a weapon is a responsibility, failing to secure a weapon or unsafe use of a weapon is serious and dangerous misconduct. People should be held accountable for their failure to secure weapons and those who wish to avoid that responsibility can simply opt not to own weapons. The exact same thought process should be applied to drugs and alcohol.
If you can use it responiblt and secure it when not in use... Great. If you can not or will not then you should not own it in the first place and should be harshly punished if you do own it but use it improperly or fail to secure it. Your failure to lock away your gun IS my problem when that gun ends up stolen and is used illegally to hurt someone.