Originally Posted By Elderp Sad and scary. The article says they are considering trying him as an adult. I don't know much about the law in Arizona, but that seems a bit extreme. <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27600105/?GT1=43001" target="_blank">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27...T1=43001</a>
Originally Posted By Route66 People are born pure they are not born monsters. To cause a little boy to murder 2 people by rifle with only eight years of life to his name, you would have had to done something pretty terrible to him. The thought of even trying this little boy as an adult is outrageous! What did they do to this boy!? Thats the real question.
Originally Posted By Mr F YEP! All those "Yes on 8" bigots were right! Every kid deserves a father and a mother because ONLY straight couples know how to raise there kids right, like the WONDERFUL Parenting this STRAIGHT couple did! YEP his anti-gay RELIGIOUS Father sure did raise him right! And now he's dead....
Originally Posted By Route66 Well the truth is St.Johns AZ and the neighboring community are all Mormon settlements, everyone who lives there are not Mormons anymore, but thats how they started. I know because this is where my family is from. It's a very pro-gun and ultra patriotic (think Militia stock pile) area of Arizona. The last time that area was in the news they were staging mock terrorist invasions at the Grade school in front of 1st - 6th graders. People bloody and screaming on the ground, people running around with guns taking hostages. In front of all those little eyes.. The community felt they were just doing the right thing preparing the kids just incase they were invaded. (this was Snowflake AZ) See where this is going? Kinda Wacko, or should I say Waco.
Originally Posted By gadzuux >> The boy's attorney complained that police questioned the third-grader without representation from a parent or attorney and did not advise him of his rights. << If true, that could be a problem. My question is - where did an eight year old get the loaded gun? Since dad is an "avid hunter" (he was even buried in a 'camoflage casket') it was probably his own gun left about the house. This too is a crime - and likely the largest contributing factor to this whole sorry situation. Eight year olds are not normally able to kill two adult men. If it weren't for easy access to loaded weapons, it might never have happened. But neither are eight year olds able to understand the full impact of their actions. Trying him as an adult? Who's idea is that? Someone who doesn't belong in their job. The whole thing is a tragedy and the boy himself is one of biggest victims already.
