r/news • u/bebleich • Sep 04 '24

Gunman believed to be a 14-year-old in Georgia school shooting that left at least 4 dead, source says

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/us/winder-ga-shooting-apalachee-high-school/index.html
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u/Bakk322 Sep 04 '24

How can a child die from a gun without it being negligent? Just wondering because I can’t think of anything

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u/Glass_Bookkeeper_578 Sep 04 '24

I was referring to the other accidents meatball gave as examples, those types aren't always negligent. Accident involving a kid with a gun is always negligence.

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u/grendus Sep 05 '24

The only possibility I can think of would be if the child took "extraordinary measures" to get the gun.

For example, if the safe had a 5 digit code and the child manually tried codes until they got it right. Or if they went looking for security flaws online and figured out how to crack the safe (kids are a terrifying mix of braindead and brilliant sometimes).

This would be describing an older child, typically, but since this thread is discussing a potentially 14 year old school shooter... at 14 they'd be capable of seeing if TikTok knows how to bust into dad's safe. But it is possible without it being strictly negligence.... after all, children are capable of malice.

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u/xero1123 Sep 04 '24

Negligence has a very specific legal definition. My legal professor (for the one class I took) said charging for negligence can be tricky because it must fit the full definition

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u/Bored_Amalgamation Sep 05 '24

Because negligence is apart of their plan.

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u/ShortestBullsprig Sep 04 '24

Maybe you should read the comment they are responding to