The Seattle Times reports on the story which we posted before
Carlile has been on paid administrative leave since March 2012, when his toddler son found a handgun and fatally shot his 7-year-old sister. Carlile had left the gun in the family van while the children were unattended.
Carlile had been charged with second-degree manslaughter after the shooting, but the charge was dismissed after a Snohomish County jury was unable to reach a verdict after a trial in Snohomish County Superior Court at the end of last year.
Carlile, 32, and his family were in a rush to get to a wedding when they stopped off at a friend’s antiques shop in Stanwood on March 10, 2012. Carlile and his wife had left their four children in the van alone for a few minutes when their then-3-year-old son found a loaded .38-caliber revolver that Carlile had left in a cup holder between the front seats.
Carlile’s son got out of his booster seat, grabbed the gun and shot his sister Jenna in the abdomen. She died at a Seattle hospital.
What do you think? Please leave a comment.
This is a tragic event, and there's a fair chance he might never touch a firearm again considering the untimely death of his daughter.
ReplyDeleteIsnt Laci a lawyer? I'm sure he could probably tell you that you cant lose your civil rights without due process. This man was judged by a jury of his peers and a verdict couldnt be reached, so the charges were dismissed. That's how it works in this country. I am curious as to why that was the only charge. A similar event happened here in Minnesota and the defendant was charged with several offenses including felony child endangerment.
I think in many cases like this they feel so sorry for the guy that they let him off. It's wrong.
DeleteI'm looking for the part about him keeping his guns. That's not specified one way or the other.
ReplyDeleteHe doesn't get to "keep his guns" as he is no longer a law enforcement officer, and thus is no longer authorized to possess a weapon.
DeleteHe has no conviction. Why would he be disqualified to own guns?
DeleteMikeb, can't you recognize E.N./Jade/Koba or whatever name this sockpuppet is going by today? He's said that private citizens mustn't be allowed to own guns.
DeleteWhy is Mikeb obsessed with guns?
ReplyDeleteHe doesn't question the many facts about this particular tragic case (or other of similar circumstances), yet he obsesses over whether gun rights are revoked.
Although the purpose of the blog is to discuss arms and the State's attempts at the regulation of such, Mikeb shows a particular, almost feverish, fixation on the topic of weapons to the exclusion of all others. This should be distinguished as rather odd for a gun control advocate.
"feverish?" "odd?"
DeleteDo you have any comment on the topic or is your obsession only about me?
Even though I'm suspicious about the person saying it, "Cave Dweller" has a good point. Mikeb, you are obsessed with guns to the point that everything else--except your strange choices in music--fades away.
DeleteOh, really, Greg? Have you forgotten my occasional post about abortion and women's rights. How about the capital punishment ones? Then there are the anti-war posts.
DeleteYou're too quick to agree with anyone who criticizes me.
It's been a long time. You do bring in a handful of other kinds of articles. From my perspective, you exaggerate the danger of guns far out of proportion to reality, and you have an obsession with control.
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