Lanza, Crumbley, the whole sorry lot of them, nope. That isn’t the problem.
THIS is, with a warning that this article isn’t for the squeamish:
How do you not know you have such a lovely kid? . Weren’t there signs before the Michigan shooting, like bizarre poetry or drawings that IIRC a counselor OK’d terror child’s return to class?
The problem id discontinuation of long term mental care in institutions for such individuals. Why can’t states that OK’d closure of mental hospitals, but failed to live up to promises of halfway houses, be sued instead of manufacturers like Remington?
The parents appear to be grossly negligent in many areas concerning their son, his mental state and purchasing him a gun. What the hell. If they didn’t know how poor a decision this was, they sure should have known and are complicit in the deaths of those students their son murdered.
It appears no suspects have been arrested in the Sacramento shooting, and I agree, stricter firearms laws won’t help.
I wonder what percentage of individuals in such incidents showed signs of more than mild mental illness and may have benefited from, or at least kept the public from harm, if institutionalized?
Similarly, State law generally makes it illegal for a person to openly carry a gun. This applies to the open carry of both:
unloaded weapons, per Penal Code 26350, andloaded weapons, per Penal Code 25850 PC.
Further, California’s gun laws make it a crime for a person to carry a concealed firearm or concealed weapon. This crime, however, will not get charged if a person has a lawful concealed carry permit.
“Gun laws” only apply to law abiding citizens who are legally able to procure and own firearms in accordance with those laws.
It will be interesting to find out if the weapon(s) used in this gun restricting bastion of safety Sacramento , were legal owned.
. Weren’t there signs before the Michigan shooting, like bizarre poetry or drawings that IIRC a counselor OK’d terror child’s return to class?