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Jeanine Pirro: “If you give your kid a gun and you know that kid is going to…”

Featuring: Jeanine Pirro, Republican | United States Attorney for the District of Columbia | National

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Judge Jeanine Pirro responds to violent teen takeover in D.C.

Published | Video Starts at 06:23

Yeah, you see, that's a Little clearer case. You and I have been, you know, tackling this issue for many years. How responsible should parents be for young kids who commit crimes? If you give your kid a gun and you know that kid is going to use the gun, you know what? As far as I'm concerned, there's accessorial conduct there and you should be liable. Eight and a better. Yeah. Eight and a better. Yeah. You're eight or nine better. So. But the problem now is that a lot of these parents are not around. (06:23–06:32)

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Asserts that parents should be held liable if they give their child a gun knowing it will be used for a crime.

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