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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only thing that stops a 15 year old at 1 am with a gun, when everyone in the family is sleeping is.... What exactly[/quote]

Well for one, a gun safe might have been a good beginning.  They had the thing lying in a closet.  Like many "responsible" gun owners, I'm sure they taught their kids to respect firearms.  Apparently they were not as successful in teaching their son respect for family, or human life.[/quote]

[b]The kid was clearly mentally disturbed. Parents didn't acknowledge that.[/b] They paid the ultimate price. Sorry for the three little ones involved.

Mind you this kid, if hell-bent on killing his folks, gotten the weapon elsewhere. Sadly the parents made it too easy.[/quote]

It's so easy to say that.  But honestly what do you know about his kid, aside from the fact that he wore camos, played violent video games?  That describes about half of rural American boys.

The fact is that most parents of youth who do things like this are totally surprised.  And for that matter, most of the quotes from friends / relatives are "I can't believe he did it".  Sure you may have one or two who were obviously dangerous, but most of the rest are a bit of a mystery.

So either all parents are stupid, in which case we can just infer that they are equally stupid about handling firearms, or they aren't stupid but it is not as easy as you suggest to identify the one kid who will snap out of the many millions of children who are depressed or anxious or isolated or friendless or who have issues with their parents.[/quote]

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