Very dangerous precedent has been set IMHO.
Being a hopeless parent and adult is not a crime. If it was half the population would be inside.
From what I've read the conduct of the parents adds up to the kind of child neglect that ought to have seen social services take the kid off them years before this incident and have a discussion about whether they could charge them for something. However America doesn't strike me as the kind of place that provides much support for that kind of social services role in society.
It also doesn't surprise me that a kid growing up in that environment turns out to be a school shooter, but that in and of itself is a tricky thing to legislate in court imho. It does seem however like they had every reason to suspect he was about to go on a killing spree and not only did they ignore the signs, they blew off meetings with the school who were calling out that he was in crisis and supplied the kid with the murder weapon. I can totally see how they're being held criminally liable for that.
It is ironic though that a country which currently makes it almost impossible to control whether someone with violent mental health issues gets hold of a gun wants to prosecute two individuals for not stopping a violent mentally ill person from getting a gun.
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