I blame Adam Lanza's mother.

[Anonymous]

^^Plus, what evidence do we have that dad collected military assault rifles and taught his sons how to use them? None. When that evidence comes out, I'll gladly blast his ass, too.

[Anonymous]

This is all just guessing but I get the sense that maybe the mother was in denial about her son's issues. I can't imagine what it would be like to have to deal with a child's mental health issues for twenty years but I'm sure it was awful. I think she may have found that the guns and going to the shooting range was the one way she was able to connect with her son. Sadly, it was a horrendous mistake. I blame the mother for having guns in the house. I would never own a gun under any circumstances but it defies logic that someone would even consider having them in a home with a troubled young man. The fact is, if she hadn't had them, it would have been a lot more difficult for the shooter to get them.

On a different note, I read that Dick's has temporarily suspended sales of assault weapons. I think I read somewhere that the shooter had tried to buy a gun there but was refused. I don't know if this has been confirmed. I also read that he was carrying his older brother's ID but I din't know if that has been confirmed. Perhaps, he tried to buy a gun with his brother's ID. If someone tries to buy a gun illegally, does the store have an obligation to report them?

[Anonymous]

Nancy Lanza didn't just own the guns that were used. She encouraged her mentally ill son to use guns and to collect them.

She bought her son a gun for Christmas: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/lanza-search-warrants?page=0

He had his own gun safe in the house.

Not all people with Asperger's are going to be shooters, but when your child is essentially a shut-in who refuses to leave the house and is obviously depressed, you might want to think about removing the guns from the house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nancy Lanza didn't just own the guns that were used. She encouraged her mentally ill son to use guns and to collect them.

She bought her son a gun for Christmas: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/lanza-search-warrants?page=0

He had his own gun safe in the house.

Not all people with Asperger's are going to be shooters, but when your child is essentially a shut-in who refuses to leave the house and is obviously depressed, you might want to think about removing the guns from the house.

I'm disgusted by Nancy Lanza and her reckless behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nancy Lanza didn't just own the guns that were used. She encouraged her mentally ill son to use guns and to collect them.

She bought her son a gun for Christmas: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/lanza-search-warrants?page=0

He had his own gun safe in the house.

Not all people with Asperger's are going to be shooters, but when your child is essentially a shut-in who refuses to leave the house and is obviously depressed, you might want to think about removing the guns from the house.

I do think this mom was probably loving toward her son and wanted to do right by him. I also think despite her wealth in many ways her life was hell. She knew something was drastically wrong with her son and frankly I think Asperger's was the least of his issues. It is highly disturbing she used guns to connect with him. Even if this was the only way she could bond with him she had to have a great deal of denial or poor judgment to encourage this "hobby."

Also, if she was so concerned about his mental health she should have searched his room from time to time. I know that horrifies some parents, but if you are worried about your child's mental health and your child won't communicate much with you or attend therapy it may be the only way you find out your child is suicidal/homicidal/abusing drugs/bulimic or what have you. Maybe she did search the basement where he lived and if she did I hope she went through every channel possible to get him help.