I don’t know...by all accounts the family seems normal. I think thi s kid just snapped.
agreed. I think this is more common than people know. The day of the shooting, I read accounts of interviews with some of the students that said this boy was harassed and bullied constantly, including by his coach and some teachers. This sort of thing has more to do with these tragedies than parents who “let their near adult children get hold of their guns”; teenagers have always had access to guns in this country, this shit didn’t happen till liberal elitist assholes became our public school staff. If his parents are like most first gen immigrants from Europe, they told the kid to buck up and don’t complain.
If your kid is building bombs in your house and in possession of your weapons without your knowledge, you’re not parenting.