Domspeak Forums Thread Like Summary - Father of GA School Shooter Arrested

They charged him with murder because his son had access to a gun. The FBI had been called about the boy threatening to shoot up the school a year earlier. They visited the home. The father told him his son had access to weapons and they deer hunt together. The FBI concluded the father needed to get his child away from violent video games. The father agreed. Now, the father is being charged with murder for doing exactly what the FBI told him to do. The FBI was comfortable with the boy having access to guns.

In the same situation, I would have gotten my son into counseling and locked up the guns. The mother had just left the home. The boy complained about being bullied at school. He had all of the classic makings of a school shooter. But, to charge the father with murder when he followed the FBI's advice, I think was far too much. Any thoughts on this subject?

I’m kind of flabbergasted. I can see a responsible gun owning parent who hunts buying a shotgun or hunting rifle for their kid who hunts but wtf buys an AR for their obviously disturbed 14 year old. And then fails to ensure that gun is locked up and only used under supervision. If this is the case then I feel the father here is just as responsible as the kid. These lives were lost because of an irresponsible parent. Crazy

It is shocking, isn't it? The father couldn't have been dealing with a full deck of cards or maybe there was a substance abuse issue going on with him as there was with his wife. Do you think the FBI maybe have dropped the ball to some degree?