I am not a lawyer, but if I were one and then had a change of heart and took up a new career - Extreme Juggling - and was performing on stage juggling running chainsaws and accidentally missed - resulting in a bounced chainsaw severing an arm from a member of my audience with resulting blood loss leading to death - could I be found guilty of: a) criminal negligence, punishable by prison incarceration, felony record, fine, etc. b) civil negligence, liable for suit for damages
I'm guessing the answer is b). Juggling loaded guns would also result in b) I'm pretty sure. Even our Vice President Dick Cheney got off without penalty when he shot his hunting companion. So while driving a car is not as profoundly stupid as juggling chainsaws, it is about as dangerous and predictably lethal if one is not paying attention... and society deems this not to be a criminal offense. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Robert, > > If someone dies as the result of a gunshot, even if that gunshot is > 'accidental', i.e. not > intentional, isn't that a crime? negligent use of a firearm or some such > thing? > > If so, isn't the same true of an automobile? and if not, why the hell not? > > Either tool requires a certain degree of responsibility. Failure to live up > to that > responsibility should be a crime. > > -darin _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
