Why Is a Mom Buying Assault Rifles for 14 Year Old Who Plan Columbine-Type Massacres?

"The mother of a 14-year-old boy who confessed to planning an armed assault on a Pennsylvania high school was arrested on Friday on suspicion of buying a rifle for her son, police said."





http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/i...

Why Is a Mom Buying Assault Rifles for 14 Year Old Who Plan Columbine-Type Massacres?
it was a conservative mom. God,guns and homeschooling.





adde. mezmarel. the boys father was placed on house arrest a few years back for trying to buy a gun(for his son),something a convicted felon can't do.
Reply:She's doing her duty as a member of the NRA.
Reply:I knew she bought the gun I didn't know she was in the planning, person with the first answer "she an American" dont include most Americans in this wack jobs motive I know I wouldnt buy my 14 year old a gun let alone an assault rife and im pretty sure Im an American.
Reply:Being a mother doesn't automatically make you a good one, that's for sure. I hope they throw the book at her. I'm tired of parents who either pay no attention to what their children are doing, or indulge them like she may have by actually buying him weapons. That's just insanity if that's the case.
Reply:Child abuse comes in many shapes and colors, but isn't this just incredible? What could that women possibly have been thinking of? And any news of the boy's father?
Reply:Isnt that crazy... Scary to think these people are out there..
Reply:if you live in this country it is you duty to own a gun and at least think of using it in a violent way. long live charleton heston that diaper wearing piece of crap
Reply:Becasue she's American - say no more
Reply:It doesn't say she bought the gun after finding out about what her son was planning to do, so I see no relevance for arresting her just because she bought him a rifle.





I live in the country and my former neighbor's son (aged 12 at the time) had several rifles of his own that he used for hunting with his father. He was raised around guns and was taught from an early age the proper way to handle them and the proper time to handle them. He was taught to be responsible with them. He was not permitted to "play" with them because they are not toys. He was allowed to target practice with his father's permission and was reminded of the rules of target practice before shooting.





There is absolutely nothing wrong with a 14 year old having a rifle if he is taught how to use it properly and is supervised until the parents know he understands the proper way to handle guns.





The problem here is the school system probably did nothing to stop this boy from being bullied and this child was given no coping skills to deal with his anger over being removed from school. He probably saw it as a punishment for being the victim of a bully. The mother probably had no other option because schools these days prefer to turn a blind eye on problems such as bullying rather than to fix the problems.





While I do not ever wish for students to be killed by other students, I do believe the schools need to be given more freedom to discipline and expel problem students. Schools need to have better venues for students ro report and have resolved issues with other students...especially in cases where bullying is going on.





This case makes me think the mom's arrest has more to do with her socio-economic level than anything else. If she were a member of the elite upper class, she would have never been arrested...it would have never even been considered as an option.
Reply:I think she's probably an NRA-gun toting-republican.