The prosecutor alleges that the parents were told about the problems and threats in the days leading up to the shooting - including a meeting that day.
IF that’s true (and I’m not sure it is given all the prosecutorial misconduct going around) then the parents gave him a gun in the midst of that and that IS culpability.
The dad said he did not give the kid the gun.
It was stolen from his dresser.
Additionally, the perceived threat could not have been that great or the school would not let him back in class.
I’m calling BS.
The kid and his parents had a meeting with the school that morning... everything was laid out to the parents... they told the kid to go to class..
The kid picked up his backpack and went to class..
In his backpack was the pistol his parents had bought for him for Christmas and a couple of extra magazines..
He went and shot the place up..
All the warning signs were there..
The school suspected, the parents were informed..
They bought him a pistol anyway, and allowed him to take possession of it..
Nobody in the office bothered to check his backpack before he left the meeting with the school and his parents...
Not only are the parents legally responsible for what happened, but so is the school