people and clearly did not have a long term, deeply intimate relationship with a boy they tried to befriend after his mother's death.

While I would never have allowed his guns in my house, it appears they tried to do the right thing to control the situation and it is not at all clear they had any idea of the problems with Cruz that his Mother had faced.

No good deed goes unpunished, it appears. This is just devastating for all.

They are lucky he didn't kill them first, or their son.

something... DO you assume your neighbors are mass murderers too?

I am certain this family is struggling with the horror of their best intentions already.


You seem absolutely devoid of compassion for those who make mistakes despite their best intentions.

This family failed him. He should never have been permitted access to guns and needed mental health treatment. It was all over facebook what he intended to do. Sorry they were irresponsible and people are dead because of it.

or what we would do at all is one thing. This family did not pull the trigger. They did not purchase the guns for him. They did not raise him.

There is PLENTY of blame to go around and accusing me or others who extend a TINY bit of compassion to this family of NOT having compassion for the 17 dead is beyond reprehensible.

certainly called out the family who took him and allowed him to keep his guns.

stuff. He had a key to the lockbox containing his gun or guns. If you take in a kid, you have responsibilities...you don't give a troubled kid access to a gun. They talk a good game but actions speak louder than words.

Cruz obviously wanted to kill people. A locked gun safe didn't stop him and you have to wonder if the family refused to allow him to bring the guns into the house if he still would have found a way to stash his guns somewhere else or get a gun somewhere else.

The problem is the fact that this country is awash with guns and there is next to NOTHING done to keep them out of the hands of people who have no business accessing them.

in the case exposing as ridiculous the idea that reliance on "mental health solutions" will ever be effective in preventing mass murders.

Thanks