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Should parents/guardians automatically be charged when children find guns and shoot themselves or someone else?

106.3 WORD Daily Poll

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Recently, there has been two incidents in South Carolina in which children found guns and shot themselves. In Easley, a 4 year old found a gun and fired it resulting in the child suffering a minor injury. SLED is looking into an incident in which a child in Newberry County suffered a serious gunshot wound to the torso. In that incident, the child reportedly found a gun in an unlocked box in his parents bedroom. There are instances in which parents or guardians have been charged in this type of incidents, but should charges for parents/guardians be automatic in these situations? Let us know below.

106.3 WORD Daily Poll