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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
God forbid we start blaming parents for the behavior and actions of their children.
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With this shooting in Connecticut - why did the mother have two semi-automatic handguns in the house? And why weren't they locked away in a secure gun locker that her kid couldn't access?
Furthermore - how did she fail as a parent to raise this kid right?
She was murdered by her son...who subseqently took HER guns to a school and slaughtered a classroom of young children. Why slaughter the children? Did the shooter not get enough attention from mommy? Since his mother was a teacher at the same school...did he murder the children because he was jealous of the attention and nurturing they were getting from his mother?
Not to say video games aren't violent and perhaps somewhat influential on a developing mind - but I can't point the figure solely at games. Violence is pervasive throughout society. TV shows, the evening news, movies, the internet. It's everywhere.
We simply can't overlook the fact that it was the mother who legally purchased these handguns (one of which was a police-issue Glock) - and she was the one who made these guns available in the home.