Jennifer Crumbley found guilty. Hope this opens the door for prosecuting parents for their children's violent crimes.

[Anonymous]

Cell phone forensics showed that during one of the many times the shooter texted his mom about the hallucinations he was experiencing, she was taking selfies with her horses. She didn't text her son back.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm still dumbfounded how the murderer's parents were not charged i the Sandy Hook shooting. It's infuriating.

These shootings nearly never occur in a vacuum, and both parents are responsible for not taking warning signs seriously.

So many parents abdicate responsibility by thinking their son could never go these lengths. The denial is massive, and I'm sure there are some parents on DCUM who are denial about their kids issues.

The mother was shot in the head four times so couldn’t really be tried by the state for anything.

Could you explain, using the well established facts of that case, under what legal theory you would have Peter Lanza prosecuted for the murderous acts of his 20-something son with whom he had not met or spoken in two years prior to the event, despite repeated efforts?

Do you have kids? Are you planning to step up and take responsibility for their every action until the day you die?

If they're minors, don't buy them guns and fast cars and give them a lot of freedom. Be a responsible parent.

Adam Lanza was not a minor.

There were guns in the home while he was a minor.

So? He didn't commit his crime as a minor.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm still dumbfounded how the murderer's parents were not charged i the Sandy Hook shooting. It's infuriating.

These shootings nearly never occur in a vacuum, and both parents are responsible for not taking warning signs seriously.

So many parents abdicate responsibility by thinking their son could never go these lengths. The denial is massive, and I'm sure there are some parents on DCUM who are denial about their kids issues.

The mother was shot in the head four times so couldn’t really be tried by the state for anything.

Could you explain, using the well established facts of that case, under what legal theory you would have Peter Lanza prosecuted for the murderous acts of his 20-something son with whom he had not met or spoken in two years prior to the event, despite repeated efforts?

Do you have kids? Are you planning to step up and take responsibility for their every action until the day you die?

If they're minors, don't buy them guns and fast cars and give them a lot of freedom. Be a responsible parent.

Adam Lanza was not a minor.

There were guns in the home while he was a minor.

So? He didn't commit his crime as a minor.

Feel free to think that it's fine to keep guns in the home when there are kids with significant mental health issues. I don't agree.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm still dumbfounded how the murderer's parents were not charged i the Sandy Hook shooting. It's infuriating.

These shootings nearly never occur in a vacuum, and both parents are responsible for not taking warning signs seriously.

So many parents abdicate responsibility by thinking their son could never go these lengths. The denial is massive, and I'm sure there are some parents on DCUM who are denial about their kids issues.

The mother was shot in the head four times so couldn’t really be tried by the state for anything.

Could you explain, using the well established facts of that case, under what legal theory you would have Peter Lanza prosecuted for the murderous acts of his 20-something son with whom he had not met or spoken in two years prior to the event, despite repeated efforts?

Do you have kids? Are you planning to step up and take responsibility for their every action until the day you die?

If they're minors, don't buy them guns and fast cars and give them a lot of freedom. Be a responsible parent.

Adam Lanza was not a minor.

There were guns in the home while he was a minor.

So? He didn't commit his crime as a minor.

Feel free to think that it's fine to keep guns in the home when there are kids with significant mental health issues. I don't agree.

OK? Is it a crime? What do you want to happen? This isn't about opinions. I think it's worse that mentally ill adults have guns. They use them far more often and kill far more people. What are we doing to stop that?

[Anonymous]

On a similar note, what about the mom of the 6 YO in VA Beach who shot his teacher? She is being charged too I believe, and hopefully will serve jail time.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm still dumbfounded how the murderer's parents were not charged i the Sandy Hook shooting. It's infuriating.

These shootings nearly never occur in a vacuum, and both parents are responsible for not taking warning signs seriously.

So many parents abdicate responsibility by thinking their son could never go these lengths. The denial is massive, and I'm sure there are some parents on DCUM who are denial about their kids issues.

The mother was shot in the head four times so couldn’t really be tried by the state for anything.

Could you explain, using the well established facts of that case, under what legal theory you would have Peter Lanza prosecuted for the murderous acts of his 20-something son with whom he had not met or spoken in two years prior to the event, despite repeated efforts?

Do you have kids? Are you planning to step up and take responsibility for their every action until the day you die?

If they're minors, don't buy them guns and fast cars and give them a lot of freedom. Be a responsible parent.

Adam Lanza was not a minor.

There were guns in the home while he was a minor.

So? He didn't commit his crime as a minor.

Feel free to think that it's fine to keep guns in the home when there are kids with significant mental health issues. I don't agree.

OK? Is it a crime? What do you want to happen? This isn't about opinions. I think it's worse that mentally ill adults have guns. They use them far more often and kill far more people. What are we doing to stop that?

Yes, a crime if murder involved, regardless of age.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm still dumbfounded how the murderer's parents were not charged i the Sandy Hook shooting. It's infuriating.

These shootings nearly never occur in a vacuum, and both parents are responsible for not taking warning signs seriously.

So many parents abdicate responsibility by thinking their son could never go these lengths. The denial is massive, and I'm sure there are some parents on DCUM who are denial about their kids issues.

The mother was shot in the head four times so couldn’t really be tried by the state for anything.

Could you explain, using the well established facts of that case, under what legal theory you would have Peter Lanza prosecuted for the murderous acts of his 20-something son with whom he had not met or spoken in two years prior to the event, despite repeated efforts?

Do you have kids? Are you planning to step up and take responsibility for their every action until the day you die?

If they're minors, don't buy them guns and fast cars and give them a lot of freedom. Be a responsible parent.

Adam Lanza was not a minor.

There were guns in the home while he was a minor.

So? He didn't commit his crime as a minor.

Feel free to think that it's fine to keep guns in the home when there are kids with significant mental health issues. I don't agree.

I don’t think that anyone here thinks that’s fine but she paid the ultimate price and he was in no way responsible.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the guilty sentence was deserved. I live in DC. I would like to see parents of all the children carjacking and murdering also charged. The only hope of the U.S. is for us to demand better, more stable, more engaged parenting. Schools can't solve it all.

The pure asinine nature of this response.
Crumbled was found guilty because her actual SPECIFIC actions that facilitated her son’s crimes.
The idea of prosecuting parents just because their child commits a crime is dumbassery at its finest.
Not improve access to quality education, family supports for American families IN GENERAL, access to quality healthcare, mental healthcare, BIRTH CONTROL, quality childcare.
NOOOOOOO, your genius mind says let’s prosecute parents for their kids doing things they may have spent a lifetime telling them not to do.

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Anonymous wrote:On a similar note, what about the mom of the 6 YO in VA Beach who shot his teacher? She is being charged too I believe, and hopefully will serve jail time.

She has already been sentenced to jail time.
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/mom-newport-news-teacher-shooting-sentenced/story?id=104925730

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Anonymous wrote:I'm still dumbfounded how the murderer's parents were not charged i the Sandy Hook shooting. It's infuriating.

These shootings nearly never occur in a vacuum, and both parents are responsible for not taking warning signs seriously.

So many parents abdicate responsibility by thinking their son could never go these lengths. The denial is massive, and I'm sure there are some parents on DCUM who are denial about their kids issues.

Uhhhh because his mom was the first one he killed and the one who had custody of him, whose gun he used.
How do you prosecute a dead person.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the guilty sentence was deserved. I live in DC. I would like to see parents of all the children carjacking and murdering also charged. The only hope of the U.S. is for us to demand better, more stable, more engaged parenting. Schools can't solve it all.

The pure asinine nature of this response.
Crumbled was found guilty because her actual SPECIFIC actions that facilitated her son’s crimes.
The idea of prosecuting parents just because their child commits a crime is dumbassery at its finest.
Not improve access to quality education, family supports for American families IN GENERAL, access to quality healthcare, mental healthcare, BIRTH CONTROL, quality childcare.
NOOOOOOO, your genius mind says let’s prosecute parents for their kids doing things they may have spent a lifetime telling them not to do.

DP here. Some cultures are very much against taking prescriptions, and many do not trust doctors, at all. Educate yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm still dumbfounded how the murderer's parents were not charged i the Sandy Hook shooting. It's infuriating.

These shootings nearly never occur in a vacuum, and both parents are responsible for not taking warning signs seriously.

So many parents abdicate responsibility by thinking their son could never go these lengths. The denial is massive, and I'm sure there are some parents on DCUM who are denial about their kids issues.

The mother was shot in the head four times so couldn’t really be tried by the state for anything.

Could you explain, using the well established facts of that case, under what legal theory you would have Peter Lanza prosecuted for the murderous acts of his 20-something son with whom he had not met or spoken in two years prior to the event, despite repeated efforts?

Do you have kids? Are you planning to step up and take responsibility for their every action until the day you die?

If they're minors, don't buy them guns and fast cars and give them a lot of freedom. Be a responsible parent.

Adam Lanza was not a minor.

There were guns in the home while he was a minor.

So? He didn't commit his crime as a minor.

Feel free to think that it's fine to keep guns in the home when there are kids with significant mental health issues. I don't agree.

I don’t think that anyone here thinks that’s fine but she paid the ultimate price and he was in no way responsible.

How was he in no way responsible? Because he remarried, lived in another city, and had little contact with his son? I guess that's one way to avoid responsibility.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm still dumbfounded how the murderer's parents were not charged i the Sandy Hook shooting. It's infuriating.

These shootings nearly never occur in a vacuum, and both parents are responsible for not taking warning signs seriously.

So many parents abdicate responsibility by thinking their son could never go these lengths. The denial is massive, and I'm sure there are some parents on DCUM who are denial about their kids issues.

The mother was shot in the head four times so couldn’t really be tried by the state for anything.

Could you explain, using the well established facts of that case, under what legal theory you would have Peter Lanza prosecuted for the murderous acts of his 20-something son with whom he had not met or spoken in two years prior to the event, despite repeated efforts?

Do you have kids? Are you planning to step up and take responsibility for their every action until the day you die?

If they're minors, don't buy them guns and fast cars and give them a lot of freedom. Be a responsible parent.

Adam Lanza was not a minor.

There were guns in the home while he was a minor.

So? He didn't commit his crime as a minor.

Feel free to think that it's fine to keep guns in the home when there are kids with significant mental health issues. I don't agree.

I don’t think that anyone here thinks that’s fine but she paid the ultimate price and he was in no way responsible.

How was he in no way responsible? Because he remarried, lived in another city, and had little contact with his son? I guess that's one way to avoid responsibility.

What crime do you think he should be charged with?

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Virtually all school shooting cases are from kids who stole their parents' unsecured weapons. There is no reason none of those parents shouldn't be held accountable.

These parents gave a 15 year old his own gun. It wasn't a hunting rifle or a BB gun either. The boy could not have purchased a gun himsel. And then when the school called the parents in for a meeting because he had written very disturbing thing, they didn't tell the school the kid had his own gun or check his backpack.

If a parent gave a 15 year old a car in a state in which 15 year olds can't legally drive and the kid killed someone driving it, I'd hold the parent liable for that too.

A childhood friend, former principal, said they pulled in their security staff immediately after the shooting for a "what would we have done, what should we do differently?" They said when they asked the first question, all the officers said in near unison, "check the backpack!"

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In most cases the parents are not guilty of any crime and there would be nothing to prosecute. Crumbley is a rare exception.

I do think laws should be enacted that hold parents civilly liable if their guns were used.