Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: That couple the Florida killer was living with [View all]HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)81. exactly
The least among us ... these people took in a troubled child. No, I dont think they made the right choice with the guns, but they were trying to help a troubled child.
this whole thread should be deleted
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
107 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
There are degrees of "knowledge". Having a suspicion that someone with mental and emotional issues
no_hypocrisy
Feb 2018
#9
"Too bad he didn't shoot them early that morning, prior to his school rampage. "
Retrotech
Feb 2018
#20
The idiots were lucky they weren't shot before he left for the school. That's the usual MO.
Vinca
Feb 2018
#7
i am one of them..this place goes batshit over a stray kitten, stray teen? not so much
dembotoz
Feb 2018
#12
You have no idea what the parents knew. So easy to blame them. They tried to help....
USALiberal
Feb 2018
#70
I'll bet you dollars to donuts that these people listen to InfoWars and other CT shows
LiberalLovinLug
Feb 2018
#18
Or at least for an amount equaling the value of their gun collection...
IthinkThereforeIAM
Feb 2018
#78
Why would they have a troubled kid with guns in their house safe or not ?! tia
uponit7771
Feb 2018
#59
They also weren't obligated to let him to live in their house, keeping multiple guns in his room.
LisaL
Feb 2018
#42
I agree. I was in their corner too, but that interview is making it hard for me to stay there.
kcr
Feb 2018
#86
He bought the safe himself, those safes comes with two keys. Why would they allow
uponit7771
Feb 2018
#60
It made no difference. The first woman who took him in, the woman who had been named
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#34
You are defending the guy who to this day thinks Cruz had a right to own an AR-15.
LisaL
Feb 2018
#39
I am defending logic. Whether he had a roof over his head or was living in the park,
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#46
But that has nothing to do with the situation. I clearly said above that I wouldn't have
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#68
I think he legally had the right and he shouldn't. The laws should have been changed long ago.
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#63
Can you explain how kicking him out of the house with his gun, like the first woman did,
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#90
I've said more than once that I probably would have reacted like the first woman.
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#92
They need to be prosecuted and jailed! They'll certainly be sued up the ying-yang & rightfully so.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2018
#36
Any responsible party would know you don't have guns around people that are having mental issues.
del19713
Feb 2018
#40
The first family wouldn't let him in, so he left with his guns. Sometime later, he did the shooting.
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#49
+1, You're severely depressed? Here, shoot a bunch of these bullets to feel better ...
uponit7771
Feb 2018
#64