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Nov 28, 2019 06:43AM
What does it mean to be charged with "Negligent Entrustment"?
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Sounds verrrry vague, hard to prove.Is it legalese?
(PS: I cheated, looked it up on Wikipedia.)
Hari wrote: "Sounds verrrry vague, hard to prove.Is it legalese?
(PS: I cheated, looked it up on Wikipedia.)"
LOL!
But you're not answering the question Hari! What are you being accused of if the police charge you with Negligent Entrustment?
I thought I shouldn't answer because I cheated!
Everyone cheats around here! besides, Wikipedia is always wrong!
Ha!Ok, here goes: Negligent Entrustment can be applied if one person entrusts another with a device, and harm ensues. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
It seems to me it could be used to prosecute those who sell ballistic weapons, among other things.
DING DING DING! CORRECT!A more common example would be giving the car keys to someone you know has been drinking.
But, it COULD be used if a gun-dealer sold a military-style weapon to an individual whom the dealer knew or should have known, intended to use said weapon against a person or persons, no?
Oh, sure. But there are many perfectly legit ways to drive a car and basically no legit ways -- off the battlefield -- to use an assault weapon.But then take those 2 gun advocates who wanted to see their 8-year-old taught to use an automatic weapon as big as she was. They, and the instrucor who agreed to teach that lesson, were all guilty of this crime.
That seems to happen so seldom, though. Was the person who sold the weapon to the parents found guilty of a crime in that case? I have to admit I haven't heard of that happening: weapon dealers being convicted of crimes, or even being charged.It just seems there are so few weapons dealers sent to prison, and so many people still able to buy these military-style weapons.
Oh, there is NO consequence waiting for any gun dealer unless he skips the background check and sells a weapon to a felon. If that felon's son, on the other hand, who has a clean record himself, allows himself to be used as a "straw man" to buy the felon a gun, he's getting himself in hot water. It was totally legal for the little girl's parents to buy an assault weapon, but giving it to her to use is another matter, not automatically illegal but super questionable.
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