tech giants, a local gun shop, and the gunman’s parents.
Can't help but feel like the last two have the lions share of the responsibility here... Especially the last one. If your kid goes on a killing spree, you did a fucking shit job of parenting.
Parents are a funny one... At a point I really don't think you have control of your kid... they become their own person and their friends play a major influence in their life.
If they have good friends that are better than the parents that can be a good thing.
If they have bad friends that are worse than the parents, well that's a bad thing.
You can say "well they never should've let them associate with those friends!" but I'm immediately suspicious of easy answers, and that's as easy of an answer as they come.
I think a lot of us saw this in our teen years if we're being honest. We typically tell ourselves stories that make only the good things cases of "self development" (oh that kid is so much better than his parents) but I'm sure it happens the other way. I don't think all evil people can be blamed on evil (or even bad) parents (which is terrifying if you think about it).
One of the top subs on Reddit is literally called "master race" but if you call them out on it they say "it's just a joke".
I'll post this link.
We all know that there's horrible, racist shit on youtube. But it seems like you have to actively search for it before it's offered as a recommendation.
Our only hope for sensible gun rights is that accountability needs to be beyond just the person who pulled the trigger.
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