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In reply to the discussion: Having taken in a homeless teen myself, I strongly disagree with those who are blaming the couple [View all]Control-Z
(15,682 posts)93. Was not aware of that.
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Having taken in a homeless teen myself, I strongly disagree with those who are blaming the couple [View all]
pnwmom
Feb 2018
OP
Yeah why would anyone blame this couple who gave him a roof for a few weeks.
Eliot Rosewater
Feb 2018
#1
As I said, they could have made him get rid of it. But he could have simply brought it or another
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#11
I dont blame them, if he was not be able to obtain weapon he would not kill so many kids
AlexSFCA
Feb 2018
#5
Searching an adult's room is an invasion of privacy. If I had done that to the teen we took in,
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#10
Some were saying they wouldn't have allowed a gun into the house. But how would they know,
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#65
They probably saw the help of getting him into GED classes and a new job as progress. Thier own
lunasun
Feb 2018
#15
I agree. The whole culture, and the government that supports it, is to blame. n/t
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#20
That's exactly it. It makes us feel safer to think we'd never do anything that we believe,
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#28
As you said above- ignore you have suspicions, you can search. And a total stranger brings a gun?
bettyellen
Feb 2018
#32
In this case Im a fuck ton better than anyone who shrugged over the guns and knives, yes I am.
bettyellen
Feb 2018
#50
What makes you think that if the friend's father had banned this teen and his gun from the house
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#75
Well, I guess we have no choice but to allow armed teenagers to move into our houses.
LisaL
Feb 2018
#81
Of course we have that choice and it might usually be the right choice. However, we are deluding
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#84
Yes -- I think that could have been the friend's parents' hope. It just didn't work out that way,
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#91
Bullshit. They were okay with the gun locked away if they insist on calling it that.
bettyellen
Feb 2018
#96
And if the kid preferred to leave than get rid of his gun, then what? He would have been
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#98
They don't, except in the same way all of us do -- as a part of a sick society with
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#101
Nope. They harbored a sick kid with an AK-15. Well meaning people do stupid things all the time.
bettyellen
Feb 2018
#104
Pushing a kid out into the street with an assault rifle would have been just as risky.
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#106
The roof over his head didn't make the school shooting any more likely. If he had gotten kicked out,
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#111
He wasnt getting kicked out, he preferred to live elsewhere. Spare me the guilt bullshit.
bettyellen
Feb 2018
#112
Like I said, I would have taken the gun and kicked him out without it if he insisted on keeping it.
bettyellen
Feb 2018
#95
Hindsight is always 20/20. The father did his best. Meanwhile, we have members of the GOP
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#41
What if he hadn't allowed the teen in? How do you know the teen wouldn't have shot up the school
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#49
If every parent had a no gun policy, hed be on the streets and the radar of police and social
bettyellen
Feb 2018
#51
you don't know that but you don't give in to their gun obsession . you want a fucking place to stay
JI7
Feb 2018
#53
And so he leaves and shoots up the school the next day. How do you know that wouldn't happen?
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#87
Why do you think if they kicked him out then anyone would have been any safer (except they
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#59
While we can speculate about what he could or couldn't have done, we know what he actually did do.
LisaL
Feb 2018
#66
We suddenly found ourselves in a situation with no rulebook -- just feeling our way.
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#46
What difference does that make? People are saying that the parents shouldn't have allowed him
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#68
Hindsight is always 20/20.But these parents didn't have the advantage of it when they were deciding.
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#71
Their son asked if he could move in with them. I haven't seen it reported anywhere
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#74
They knew he had the gun. So? He still would have had the gun if they banned him from the house.
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#80
I am not arguing that. I am saying that it is basically IRRELEVANT. That teen was a threat
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#85
Hed not been forced to roam the streets. He preferred to find other accommodations.
bettyellen
Feb 2018
#113
If the parents had kicked him out, he would have been out on the streets with his loaded backpack.
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#115
He was in the home of his moms friend and he wanted to leave. Not a night in the streets.
bettyellen
Feb 2018
#117
I remember going to see the Dalai Lama when he came to Seattle. I still have a t-shirt from that
suffragette
Feb 2018
#94
Thank you for being there for your daughter's friend. And for being persistent about the issue
suffragette
Feb 2018
#103
We don't have guns in our home either. But I don't think this town would have been any safer
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#107
I'm very soft hearted and would have taken him in too but still feel there's no reason for anyone to
blueinredohio
Feb 2018
#109