Son jailed after father's tip off

Whoa. I've heard of parents who can't wait to get their kids out of the house, but that's hardcore!

yes, he did...

The father was in no rush, I'm sure he made a non-rational, thought filled decision. The father could be at risk if he tries to intervene or take the handgun. The only way to protect himself was through the law. (though he better watch out when the son leaves prison)

I think he did the right thing. Parents are quick to blind themselves from the fact that their kids could do no wrong. Parents are showing up at the Principal's office yelling at the principal, not the child.
I agree, though, Daddy should watch his back when the son comes home.

I don't know if I could do it. plus I don't see jail as a place to help people but a place to keep them out of society as a hole. I think it may have been better to find a non law way to get the kid on the right path. This is all from some one who is without a kid and when it came down to it I have no idea what I would really do. I just hope I never have to find out.

He needed him off the street before he did something that would put him in prison for life. Maybe he will get counseling and won't be wanting a gun after he gets out? He couldn't just ground him the boy obviously had plans and was beyond restricting his TV watching time. Good for the father.

I love my babies more than air, more than chocolate, but if one of my children had a firearm I would do all I could to handle it myself first. Granted, firearms are not illegal where I live (sometimes, though, I wish that some were). That does change the playing field a bit.
I am against most laws and generally do what I want regardless of all the red tape crap on the books, but firearms, drugs, and violence are my major taboos. My kids know it and they agree, so I feel confident that I wont have to make a decision like this father did.
Then again, my children are 2 and 7...

a hard and probably correct decision.
Can't say I'd do the same, as I've not been in that situation, really not sure what i would do.

Earlier today i commented on another pod telling us that the UK is the world's largest arms dealer. I wonder how many of those weapons end up in the hands of children in some other country.

my question to everyone who agrees fully with the father's decision--

what impact on the boy will this disintegration of a parental relationship combined with the criminally empowering and innovative environment of prison have?

Three years for possession of a handgun! Oh yes, this is the UK. I wouldn't live anywhere self defense or gun possesssion is illegal.

I bet a Fathers Day gift next year will be a non issue for this young man.

That kid had to have worked really hard to have gotten a gun in a country where they are not readily available. He obviously had something serious in mind. He is a troubled kid. His dad cared enough to stop him. Maybe he will get helped. Maybe he won't take a bunch of people out before he gets a chance to get that help. I'm fairly certain his dad knows there is a problem beyond a father son chat. That doesn't mean he doesn't love his son, it means he admits the kid has a serious problem.

my mother always told me that if I ended up in jail, she wouldn't bail me out, because I have to take responsibility for my actions...

and I never resented it...

consequences in the real world

tough love :P

Sad what lengths people will go to out of ignorance of firearms. Should the kid have had one? Absolutely not! All I see when I read this story is a father so detached from his kids life that he'd get the kid thrown in jail instead of trying to teach the kid why what he did was wrong. I was raised being familiar with firearms and how to handle them responsibly and safely. I know the LAST thing I ever would have done as a kid was try to conceal a weapon without my parents knowledge, much less ever carry one in a place where there wasn't a need for one. The fact of the matter is that kid got a gun rather easily considering the entire country has them outlawed, if I kid can do it imagine how easy it is for a criminal to do it. Thanks God I live in a state where I can legally posess and even carry one with a CHL when I have reason to be in less than desireable places at times. The criminals wll get them if they want them regardless of what restrictions you put on law abiding citizens.

It's sad the kid had to go to jail due to his ignorance rather than learning how to responsibly handle firearms and learn that there is a time and a place for them.

The truth is that we have NO-IDEA what kind of relationship/situation this Father/Son was in. I hope that the father made the right decision - but who knows what any of us would have done. We really don't know the whole story.

Hmm, funny how liberals don't apply that EXACT same logic to the gov't handling a war. Why is it that in some cases liberals just back off and say we don't know the whole story, it wouldn't be fair to pass judgement but if it has to do with ANY conservative in gov't they seem to have the latest intel with all the scandalous details and are ready to crucify anyone that doesn't align with their ideology...

Wow. The kid didn't do anything with the gun, he just had it in his room?

I'm not sure that deserves the punishment of 3 years of brutal anal rape, savage physical beatings, prolonged mental abuse and isolation.

But I guess father knows best.

The only justice I can see in this is if the father actually truly loves his son and will be forced to watch first hand as his son is systematically destroyed as a human being right before his eyes.

I don't believe most parents would react like this. I can only assume the boys father probably knew something about his kids personality that led him to believe he was dangerous.