[Aerroon]

So? Does an AK or pistol pointed in your face by a 14 year old somehow make it less deadly than if he were older?

https://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/violence-in-rio...

Stories like this aren't too uncommon. The ability to charge kids as adults can potentially prevent people from trying to side step the rules.

[tomerv]

It's not an effective detterent becsuse the kid holding the weapon doesn't understand the consequences.

Edit: if you give a child the keys to your car and they hit someone with it, who is at fault?

[Aerroon]

Do you really think that a 14 year old is incapable of understanding that hurting someone is wrong? And that they don't understand that there will be consequences to their actions? Because I find it hard to believe.

>Edit: if you give a child the keys to your car and they hit someone with it, who is at fault?

Obviously both - you and the child.