Does anyone remember the Kip Kinkle case in Oregon about 10 years ago. In that case the father bought his disturbed 15 year old son 2 guns, which he used a short time later to kill his father, mother and several people at his high school.
The problem here seems to be parents that are not too smart.
Ms Lanza knew she had an off kilter son. Was it responsible of her to have guns in the home, even locked up as he was probably smart enough to get past the locks?
We don’t allow convicted felons to have a firearm in the home, even if it belongs to another family member. Maybe its time to extend that to homes where an occupant has a potentially dangerous mental illness. Perhaps the others should be required to store them off the premises.
That wouldn’t eliminate the risk, granted, just as it doesn’t with convicted felons. But it would cut off a method of quick, easy access to those firearms.