In the case of Colorado v. Connelly (1986), Supreme Court Justice Wiliam Brennan considered A CONFESSION to be the strongest piece of evidence in a trial.
This is evident when he wrote in his dissent among other things that "Triers of fact accord confessions such heavyweight in their determination that the introduction of a confession makes the other aspects of a trial in court superfluous and the real trial, for all practical purposes, occurs when the confession is obtained."
Because he let his son borrow the gun for free, and had no knowledge of any issues it may have, he is not liable for his son's injury. His son did it to himself
