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And this is where parenting and responsibility for weapons should have happened. If parents are held responsible as well then maybe those particular incidents would not happen. Why did the parent/s not know what was going on with this kid?No assault rifle. 38 and shotgun. At a bare minimum the father should have locked the guns up. This kid had a pretty scary online presence. I feel so terrible for that community.
And this is where parenting and responsibility for weapons should have happened. If parents are held responsible as well then maybe those particular incidents would not happen. Why did the parent/s not know what was going on with this kid?
That is what I meant when I said responsibility should happen, the weapons should have been inaccessible especially if this kid had issues. The father should be held responsible as well.Also: they did not lock up their guns. Once again the son had taken his father's guns.
That is what I meant when I said responsibility should happen, the weapons should have been inaccessible especially if this kid had issues. The father should be held responsible as well.![]()
I'm pretty sure that is what both my posts said.Even if their child didn’t have issues the gun should have been locked up with only the parent having access to it. There is no way a gun should be accessible to a 17 year old. Parents never know everything their children feel at all times, no matter how great of a parent they are. The father should also be held responsible and spend time in jail.
It wasn’t as clearly spelled out as Callie’s, leaving me to interpret it quite differently than you intended.I'm pretty sure that is what both my posts said.Glad to see we are in agreement for once.
My apologies. I thought bolding ceg's comment in my response would have sufficed to show what I was responding to and in agreement with her. I believe she understood what I meant. So this is a misunderstanding on both sides I guess?It wasn’t as clearly spelled out as Callie’s, leaving me to interpret it quite differently than you intended.
My apologies. I thought bolding ceg's comment in my response would have sufficed to show what I was responding to and in agreement with her. I believe she understood what I meant. So this is a misunderstanding on both sides I guess?
I'm pretty sure that is what both my posts said.Glad to see we are in agreement for once.
We also need politicians who are not bought and paid for by the NRA.
Interesting. There are those who would say that illegal abortion is the path to increased crime. On the other hand, legalized abortion seems to be the reason for a decrease in crime over time...SO TRUE @yssie
I also feel that until this becomes a VOTER issue, nothing will change.
A journalist on Meet The Press this morning stated that the current White House administration does not have an appetite for this issue. As citizens we need to make this a voter issue. If we refuse to vote for candidates that are not for gun control we can make change.
I need to take a break from the news. I just heard the Texas Lt Governor link abortions being legal to these shooting. He also suggested there should be fewer doors in our schools. He said teachers are part of a well oiled militia. This idiot is still saying guns are not part of the problem.
More children have been killed in school shooting this year than in our active duty military.
And this is where parenting and responsibility for weapons should have happened. If parents are held responsible as well then maybe those particular incidents would not happen. Why did the parent/s not know what was going on with this kid?
Are you expecting a response from me or is your question rhetorical?Why should they? They will not be held accountable. Even if they were, these incidents will continue to happen. Parents *are* held responsible if minors consume alcohol in their houses and that still goes on all the time.
Let's have some thoughts, prayers, stick our heads in the sand, focus on the 15 million US high school students who went home alive on Friday and do our best to forget about this.
One day people's lives will be valued more in the US, more than an outdated set of constitutional rights, more than a warped set of cultural values when it comes to gun ownership and more than being scared and brainwashed by gun companies and the NRA.
I live in hope that the next generation will realise the only way forwards is better gun control policies implemented in a uniform way across every state in the US until, that happens, you are unfortunately trapped in a cycle of rinse and repeat.
Alas, the next generation in which we put so much hope, is also the one producing the killers.
But I agree that until we figure out a way to stop letting the tail wag the dog, this is will be a depressingly regular occurrence.