Editorial: Sentence in shooting makes key point about gun safety

We were surprised by the harshness of the sentence handed down Tuesday to William Davis, the 21-year-old Mitchell Technical Institute student from Burke who accidentally shot and killed his friend and classmate, Matt Montag, 19, of Big Stone City, in December.
Davison County prosecutor Pat Smith recommended a sentence including time in the county jail and 150 hours of community service, with a suspended penitentiary sentence that could be imposed if Davis were to break the terms of his probation.

By: Editorial board, The Daily Republic