Court Opinion

ID: 9785645
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-30 22:14:50.845236+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:36:10.939383
License: Public Domain

Abbott, J.,
dissenting: As I read the record, Linda Wood asked whether Derry Groh knew Ed Groh had the gun and Ed replied, “[H]e knows I take it sometimes and shoot it.” The testimony was consistent throughout that Ed only shot the gun when Derry was along and supervising. I find nothing in the briefs which indicate that Derry ever allowed Ed to have the gun unsupervised. Ed’s comment that he occasionally took the gun from the cabinet and shot it can only be interpreted as having the gun when he was with his father.
Here, the gun was under lock and key, and Derry kept control of the key. The majority, in my opinion, makes it almost absolute *435liability to own a gun. What more can a gun owner do than lock up an unloaded gun and keep control of the key.
I would hold the Grohs were not negligent as a matter of law.
McFarland, C.J., joins in the foregoing dissenting opinion.