Do you agree that Ethan Crumbly should be charged as an adult?

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31. The problem is

I understand the argument that the brain does not fully finish developing until 25. But there was a news story on CNN today about a 13-year-old who was assembling and selling ghost-guns and when one of his buyers tried to take off with one of his guns without paying, he opened fire at them, killing his 14-year-old sister.

So that dude, had a whole illegal gun building, trading, dealing operation AND killed his sister.

At 13.

Then we have the shooter form this week, who is 15, and again, there is the argument of brain development, and obviously this kid's parents are real pieces of work. But if you don't charge him as an adult, that means he gets out at 21, right? Who thinks this kid is going to be safe to reenter society at 21? I don't. I also don't think the Parkland school shooter will EVER be safe to reenter society. It think with some of these really severe cases, they just have to be locked away where they cannot hurt anyone else. It's really sad that they made that choice at a young age. But as sad as I feel for them, they are not the victims. The victims are the four young people who they murdered, and the 10+ other victims who they shot who suffered severe wounds, and the countless other survivors who will live with PTSD for the rest of their lives, and the countless friends, family members and community members who will live with PTSD and psychological effects for the rest of their lives.

So if there were a way to charge extremely disturbed Ethan Crumbly as a juvenile and lock him away for the rest of his life? Sure. But I think we all know that isn't possible. So I'm okay with charging him as an adult if that protects others.