They were both cover your ass moves. The parents had to be delusional to think it would work. |
Oddly it seems to me yes they thought they could cover their ass with some action *finally*, but the text especially would seem to show that they were aware of his mental health/disposition, knew he could shoot someone, and he might be targeting the school. Establishes pre-existing knowledge. |
| They were supposed to surrender at 2 PM, right? And failed to do so? |
Though she may have meant , "Dont kill yourself" (which is how many of these incidents end) |
People keep thinking this kid is suicidal when he’s homicidal. |
You don’t have to pull the trigger to kill someone. |
Why not both. Once he pulled the trigger once, his life was over. He will likely die in prison and he would have had to have been delusion to not know it. |
They could be coming from pretty far away, even flying back in. If they couldn’t make it back quickly, not sure why their attorneys didn’t make that clear to the sheriff. |
Probably both. |
The idea that they left town, supposedly for their own safety, while their kid sat in jail, doesn’t reflect well on them either, does it? |
Either way, tack on some more charges |
| Did you ever read the book by Dylan Klebold’s mother? It was interesting. Hard to read. |
did she buy a gun for her son, especially knowing how he had "issues"? |
No, she didn’t. IIRC, the Columbine shooters got a friend to buy guns for them. It’s been awhile since I read the book. |