B.C. 14-year-old who brought handgun to school because he 'thought it would be cool' sentenced (bc.ctvnews.ca)

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[-] ThatBikeGuy@lemmy.ca 10 points 8 months ago

yea brain is not formed yet. thats why they look like adults but make such incredibly stupid mistakes. Also why we have a youth justice act. We are not savages like that cheetos colored place to the south.

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

I feel this is often a cop out though. As a teen I knew right from wrong. And made choices , where some friends made bad choices and suffered tue consequences. But maybe there are kids that have terrible role models

[-] shutz@lemmy.ca 14 points 8 months ago

The point isn't that there should be no punishment, just that the punishment should not be so permanent.

[-] TotallyHuman@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago

We can condemn stupid things that children do while still giving them a chance to smarten up.

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 2 points 8 months ago

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