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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Merlins_Own
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW!
I think what she was getting at was the "security mom" article and the fact that a gone toting mom isn't going to ward off someone with a nuclear bomb. However, with that sort of rationale, it's easy to say that since burglars can easily get past the locks on your doors, we may as well just not use them at all, or better yet, not even install them.
I almost feel, in the case of home invasion, you have to take it upon yourself to protect yourself. Has anyone had any experience with the response time of 911 lately? In my area it stinks. 15 minutes, at best. If someone is in my home I could be raped, dead or my children kidnapped by then. I hope that those who don't like the idea of guns at least have the good sense to take self-defense courses, because it's been my experience that the police always end up there after the fact.
Edited 7/22/2004 5:21 pm ET ET by baileyhouse
Merlins_Own
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW!
You're right about that and the slow response (if not outright BUSY SIGNAL I've heard some people have actually gotten!) of calling 911 and getting the cops there. I think in some ways it's because so many criminals get off too lightly and come right back out and do it all over again, police are hamstrung in doing their jobs, criticized for everything they do, and so little respect for the law, the police or each other that seems to have taken over in this country. :(
A multi-tool approach is best, I think, LOL! Gun. Self-defense training. Alarm systems. Dogs. Not necessarily in that order. :)
Merlins_Own
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW!
I've always wanted to go clamming....LOL(*realizing how "strange" that may sound as an aspiration)
And I'd love to see your face it you caught a goeyduck!
I don't see the act of hunting itself as an "evil" endeavor at all, though.
I don't either.
ROTFLMAO!!
Absolutely! :) When I cook, even with meat from the grocery store, as well as produce and what have you, I always thank the plant or the animal for giving it's life for my family's and my benefit. I try to honor and respect the life that was given. Killing for trophies is totally sicko in my book, too.
Merlins_Own
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW!
And a good security system does the same thing but doesn't kill anyone...and that was more to my point.
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