Are they really trying to build a profile on this kid who was picked on and harrased?Does it take this sort of collection of evidence to figure out the obvious? Does it really matter, since the kid admitted he did this and did it alone, bottom line is 2 are dead and a some are hurt. He's going to be tried as an adult and will likely get life sentences...

Or do you think they are trying to build a case on the father as some gun nut who was "Reckless" in having guns that were accesible to the prying hands of a 15 year old? To me it seems odd because every major incident like this it seems they "Collect" evidence to try and get into the mind of someone, but in all reality it seems like another documentation of what someone else is doing(father)

I mean the kid used a 22, not the 7 riffles a computer, or a plastic crate filled with files and the "half dozen bags filled with evidence" to committ this act.

I bet when this is all said and done some sort of criminal neglegence will be filed on the father, and more lawsuits then he will ever be able to afford to pay will rain down on him...

I feel bad for those who died or were hurt, not to mention the anguish their faimlies are going through...The boys father and mother have to be devasted as well knowing their child did something like this and will question themselves forever, but what about when someone sues them for their sons actions? If he's tried as an adult how can his parents be sued since the state is treating him as an adult? Does anyone doubt they will be sued?

As for the parents, I think that parents are responsible for a child AND THEIR actions until they are 18. If the child is fucked up, chances are pretty good the parent has some involement in that.

I think parents are far too removed in blame for their children. they brought them into this world, they raised them, they instilled whatever beleifs and morals into them. Why not take responsibility for their screwup?

As an adult, working thtough whatever issues I had with my folks, I took the blame for my part in the story. My folks however, refused to accept any responsibility even when the evidence was undeniable. To me, that is wrong, and though I am at peace with MY past, I make a point of being a mediator between the parents and kids I have as frineds and aquaintances. I place blame where it belongs, and if it happens to be the parent and they don't like it, so beit.

I mean if this father was told by his son he would do this, even in a joking way I could understand pointing some blame at him...If the father layed his guns around his home for anyone to grab them, ok I can point blame at him

but what if his parents are simply 2 good people who did the best they could and their child chose to do differently...What if the father taught his son that guns weren't for play and were not to be touched unless given to him by his father...What if this guy was the best father on the plannet and his son just decided that this was what he was going to do?

I mean if parents are irresponsible and don't teach their kids and their is some sort of history of problems with them and this child thats fine and understandable to point the finger at them. Who determines whats responsible for a parent to teach their child?

When I was growing up in my parents house we were always forced to take responsibility for things we did. If we didn't then our father let us know when we screwed up and were caught...I did at times and still do things that would offer some serious problems but in no way should that have affected my parents then, and being an adult I believe that more so now.

1. there isn't a simple answer to this problem

2. I believe more in the saying