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I just googled it and found only the original story, now repeated a bunch of times.

- Jim

Glock 23 wrote:vehicles aren't really designed to hurt or kill.

No, they aren't; but they're perfectly good at it. At least a couple of people a year intentionally commit murder with automobiles.

If we had the guts to label drunk drivers who cause fatal crashes murderers, they would account for more murders than criminals using firearms.

Y'all are buying into the mentality that firearms have a moral component. They do not. They are tools. They can be used rightly or wrongly, just like an automobile.

- Jim

Glock 23 wrote:thats ridiculous. you cant smoke legally, you cant vote legally, you cant drink legally....but you can drive around with a gun.

How is a teenager driving a vehicle that can cause mayhem different from the same teenager having a firearm that can cause mayhem?

- Jim

Glock 23 wrote:so wait, a MINOR can walk around armed w/o a CHL, but and ADULT has to have one?

A minor who owns or is in control of a motor vehicle and all the etceteras can have a concealed handgun in the vehicle, as can an adult.

Um, people, this thread is about a kid who is dead. He isn't going to be charged with a crime.

- Jim

KC5AV wrote:I don't see any way that a 15 year old could legally be in possession of a firearm.

Please show me what law he would be violating.

Every law that creates a ciminal offense contains language like "a person commits an offense if the person" does something. No law explicitly says that a minor commits an offense if he has a firearm.

Of course, if it's a stolen car or the kid is a gang member, having a handgun is an violation. That would be true regardless of age.

- Jim

PC § 46.13 defines an offense for the person making the weapon available to a child. It does not make it an offense for the child to have it.

There is no age limit in Texas. The issue comes up almost every legislative session, and it's one of the reasons we get a D- from the Bradys.

- Jim