Three things worth noting against the gaining momentum to blame the father here:
1. The boy was a 21 year old adult.
2. The boy was not an ex-con as your thread suggests. He has two charges, but they are pending. He has been convicted of neither.
3. To be fair to the father, he didn’t necessarily know about his son’s pending charges. I successfully hid a DUI from my parents when I was his age.
Now the father may well have known everything and he may even have purchased the weapon so that he would carry out this very purpose. All I am saying is that the adult boy is responsible for his own actions and let’s wait for the facts to come in before we rush to judgement against the father. He may very well feel sickened by the whole turn of events.
I don't know the family situation, or the kid's prior behavior, so don't have basis to criticize. I will say, that unless dad had been out shooting with his son (to at least observe handling practices, attitude about wielding a deadly instrument), he shouldn't have given a gun as a gift - not even if the kid is/was a model citizen.
The parents are going to have to relocate.
Nooo, the way it works is: The MSM comes out with distortions and outright lies first. Then the real truth comes out usually through conservative news sources.