Father of boy who shot friend gets 3 yrs
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Saturday, July 17, 2004 · Last updated 8:28 p.m. PT
Father of boy who shot friend gets 3 years
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- The father of a boy who shot and killed a playmate with a loaded gun he found stashed under a sofa was sentenced to nearly three years in prison, followed by probation during which he must speak monthly on gun safety.
Louis Mevec Sr. was sentenced Friday for felony culpable negligence in the 2003 death of Sean Caroline II. Mevec, who owned the .357-caliber Magnum used to kill the 12-year-old friend of his son Louis, was convicted last month.
During his father's trial, 14-year-old Louis testified that a small group of Largo Middle School students had skipped school and were playing video games at Mevec's apartment when he pointed the gun at Sean and shot him between the eyes.
"I blame you and only you for my son's death," Sean Caroline, Sean's father, told Louis Mevec Sr. in court Friday. "My wife and I are also serving a sentence ... but we got no trial. Ours is a life sentence."
Circuit Judge Brandt Downey sentenced Mevec, 53, to the maximum six-year prison term, but suspended more than half of it and replaced it with probation. His remaining sentence is 34 months, but with good behavior he could be released by late 2006.
The Caroline family had asked that Mevec be required to speak on gun safety after his release.
The younger Louis Mevec was sent to a juvenile facility and is now living in New York with his mother and younger brother.
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Hey Mark!
I was just clarifying that they were all handguns and that no one I know hunts.
BTW, you know some odd people, but then again so do I, just in other ways I suppose. ;)
Take care...
~mark~
Fair enough.
"I was not taking anything out on anyone. Our discussions were all "what ifs", were they not? I gave my opinions, you gave yours...end of story."
My discussions were statements of proven fact, yours were opinion. I still would like to see advocates for outlawing guns show me some logical proof to support their theory. So far it is "I feel" or "I think" or "It should" but no "It is".
I don't want gun ownership restricted because of irrational fears and emotions. Prove my points wrong.
Anyone?
Bueller....Bueller....Ferris Bueller....
Ahhh the board falls silent (prediction)
In my state, MI, it is legal to hunt game with a hand gun as well as a rifle...but not from a tree....LOL....we have LOTS of hunters here though, probably more than some of the other states that some people who post here are from.
In my neck of the woods, even the city folk hunt (not all, but a lot)....but that's what you get when you live in a state where you're only a few hours drive away from the most unexplored land in the US...lol.
"Hunting is NOT my thing, so I've never used that knowledge."
Hunting isn't something I really get into either. I've been small game hunting with my dad a few times, but it isn't my choice of hobbies.
"I can just hope for the future that our society will mature enough to part with them."
I hope our society will mature enough that people stop trying to rob, kill, and rape and American society will stop feeling as if they need to protect themselves so severly. But THAT is probably a big pipe dream. :(
"Like I said, the whole point of posting this article was because the courts are finally starting to make the parents responsible in this type of case"
I definitely agree that parents need to bear the brunt of the responsibility in these types of cases, and others where minors are involved in crime. Maybe if we start tossing parents in jail along with kids into juvie, parents will start realizing that they need to actually RAISE their children and know what's going on in their lives.
ROTFLMAO
It's been a long time since I've seen/heard anyone reference Ferris Bueller's Day Off...lol
:)
BTW, you know some odd people, but then again so do I, just in other ways I suppose. ;)
LOL!
This is similar to the fact that people commit crimes in spite of the existance of organizations like law enforcement, the FBI, which has extensive and quite capable investigative assets with which to solve crimes. Criminal actions are a risk, but risk is something every criminal takes whether you're (generic) referring to citizens being able and willing to defend themselves or the existance of police whose job involves working to solve crimes and bring offenders to justice. That risk will deter some, but not all, some of whom literally do what they do because of the risk, for the rush.
~mark~
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