Sounds about right.Oblivious and clueless parents providing weapons access and training to their psychotic offspring. Know your kids. If the only thing keeping your teen from shooting-up their school is the lock on your gun safe, you have far more serious problems that need immediate attention.
I mean, the topic is allowed. One would think that school shootings obviously fall into the "gun-related" category.I don’t think I missed any threads on this and am a little surprised there hasn’t been one. Is the topic not allowed here? Thanks.
The day of the shooting, a teacher noticed a disturbing drawing Ethan had made, including "a drawing of a semiautomatic handgun pointing at the words 'the thoughts won't stop help me,'" and a drawing of a bullet with "blood everywhere" written above it, McDonald said.
Then, when called in to the school's office and ordered to get counseling for their son, the couple did not try to determine the whereabouts of the gun, or whether their son had it with him that day, the prosecutor said. The parents "resisted" taking Ethan from school that day, and he returned to class.
An investigation found the gun was stored in an unlocked drawer in the parents' bedroom, McDonald said.
"They didn't even disclose it at that moment or check to see if their son had that weapon, or go right home and look to see where the weapon was.... We know that because right after the public being notified about an active shooter, Dad drives to his house, and it was for one reason: to look for that weapon. And finds it missing, and then makes a 911 call and says this gun is missing, and I think my son is the shooter,"
Thanks for opening this back up. I think it’s interesting the parents are being charged with something so serious. I wonder if that’s only because Michigan doesn’t have a safe storage law? I also wonder how long it will be before one is proposed? Although the kid is ultimately responsible for what he did I think it’s worth having a jury decide the degree to which the parents bear criminal responsibility.
Given that the police found them hiding in a basement you have to wonder if it isn’t a whole house full of loons. People like this are why we can’t have nice things.
I don’t think I missed any threads on this and am a little surprised there hasn’t been one.
I think that school district is in for a world of hurt, financially.The shooter put up a lot of Red Flags, that were ignored. The two incidents at school and other social media posts. The parents not only were irresponsible and negligent, but reading some of the released texts messages the Mom made to her son, could be interpreted as encouragement. Working for a school district and knowing the procedures taken when such threats are made, it's hard for me to believe the Police were not involved to discern whether or not there was a legitimate threat. While I think the criminal charges against the parents should and will stick, I doubt if there will be any legal repercussions for the school district. Very likely some civil action lawsuits and some staff loosing their jobs.
If the parents of the cheerleader knew their daughter had expressed thoughts of intentionally crashing into another car, did nothing about it, and still allowed her use of their vehicle, it's a possibility.Hmmm... a question as posed elsewhere:
“So in Michigan if YOUR 16yo A student, cheerleader captain, college bound daughter kills a a young pregnant mom and her 4 young tots while shes driving YOUR family mini van…do both YOU and YOUR WIFE get criminally charged and thrown in jail to await trial?”
Yes he did and yes they were, but I cringe when I see the term used because of its obvious anti-gun legislative connections, and don't think you're being singled out, because the term was used by a conservative news channel (OAN) commentator, too. I just wish we, as a pro-gun community, could come up with a better term to identify signs and actions indicative of individuals that are at risk for committing some gun-related act of criminal violence.The shooter put up a lot of Red Flags, that were ignored. .....
Hmmm... a question as posed elsewhere:
“So in Michigan if YOUR 16yo A student, cheerleader captain, college bound daughter kills a a young pregnant mom and her 4 young tots while shes driving YOUR family mini van…do both YOU and YOUR WIFE get criminally charged and thrown in jail to await trial?”
Hmmm... a question as posed elsewhere:
“So in Michigan if YOUR 16yo A student, cheerleader captain, college bound daughter kills a a young pregnant mom and her 4 young tots while shes driving YOUR family mini van…do both YOU and YOUR WIFE get criminally charged and thrown in jail to await trial?”
The poor decisions do not appear to have been isolated incidents.