Posted On: July 26, 2006, 7:44 am CDT

Posted By: wudchuck

so if i secure my car in outside in my driveway, and it gets stolen. am i responsible, if the burglar hits someone? i have locked my car.

a knife can be used as a weapon as well, but we don't lock them up. does that mean i might be responsible if the burglar grabs a knife from my kitchen drawer and he stabs either me or someone else?

i think society has forgotten that the individual wielding/using these items are aware of what is in their possession. they just don't want to take responsibility for that action. everyone knows that wrong is wrong and right is right. so, whom ends up paying for the so called insanities? state does not want to, but does - using our tax money. but to recoup the spent money, they are trying find alternative ways to collect money. or at least giving an alternative way for the actual responsibile person a way to pay without paying.

back to the original thought: whom is responsible? whom pulled the trigger?

like drinking and driving, are you going to sue/place the blame on the person serving you the drink? or the person whom shipped the alcohol? or the company whom made the alcohol? we all know that the two don't mix. nobody put you behind the wheel or turned the vehicle over or placed the vehicle into drive.

same with the gun! if you steal the gun, you had to steal the ammunition. you have to understand how to load the weapon, as well knowing how to pull the trigger. but who loaded the weapon or whom pulled that trigger.

again: responsibility of the actions that you do.

we can go crazy with all kinds of analagies on this. in the end, its back to the basic: being responsible for your own actions!