Editorial: What responsibility do parents have for their kids? Plenty, when there is a gun involved
Whatever goes on in the minds of teenagers can be mysterious to adults. Even the most caring parents sometimes wonder why their kids do what they do and they certainly can’t always be sure they will know about their actions in advance. Those truisms were an essential part of the defense of Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley.
In this dreadful case, the then-15-year-old’s parents ignored his mental distress and obsession with violence. Instead, they gifted him with a new gun and took him for target practice just a few days before he killed four fellow
