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SkyDaddy7

(6,045 posts)
70. WHATEVER!!
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 06:02 AM
Dec 2012

I am all for stricter gun laws but this is ABSURD! So, I guess every child with any sign of mental instability would have to be locked away or heavily drugged according to your logic or the parents would face prison? I doubt even the parents of the most mentally ill in the country would be hard pressed to turn their own children into authorities as a potential mass killers!

Check your emotions with some REASON.

No parent wants to think their kid is capable of this kind of horror... cynatnite Dec 2012 #1
Good point about denial. People in denial about their kids' mental issues are . . . DanM Dec 2012 #9
actually, given the limited contact he had with his kid, ChairmanAgnostic Dec 2012 #2
Oh, another Dad-of-the-Year candidate, huh? n/t DanM Dec 2012 #13
Not sure what you mean, but ChairmanAgnostic Dec 2012 #28
How wonderful you know the father's thoughts. If only you could have seen the shooter's as well. Brickbat Dec 2012 #3
I have kids. Any parent, deep down . . . DanM Dec 2012 #11
But ... quiche Dec 2012 #24
Great! Another "Family-of-the-Year"! I see your point about . . . DanM Dec 2012 #34
What was the parent to be responsible for? quiche Dec 2012 #54
Literal vs. figurative Nevernose Dec 2012 #4
For chrissake. Sheldon Cooper Dec 2012 #5
I have kids. Any parent . . . DanM Dec 2012 #20
"Any parent" jberryhill Dec 2012 #30
Ridiculous. Sheldon Cooper Dec 2012 #47
How can you possibly know that? Major Nikon Dec 2012 #6
I'm a parent, and parents, if they truly are parents, know if their kid could be a potential threat. DanM Dec 2012 #23
I don't think it's so simple Major Nikon Dec 2012 #36
You are arguing little more than a simple tautological argument. LanternWaste Dec 2012 #58
There may have been circumstances regarding the divorce we don't know about. randome Dec 2012 #7
Precisely quiche Dec 2012 #14
That was not much of a stockpile ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #45
So far, we've heard about 7 guns quiche Dec 2012 #55
It is really not that many ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #69
Partly agree quiche Dec 2012 #8
Welcome to DU and I hope you enjoy the site. hrmjustin Dec 2012 #10
Thanks ... quiche Dec 2012 #19
One of the first stages of grief is disbelief so this doesn't surprise me as he arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #12
Ok, that makes sense sort of about what he said. Good point. n/t DanM Dec 2012 #26
I would be, too. No parent could imagine their child capable of such horrific carnage of children. Arugula Latte Dec 2012 #15
I think that fits "denial" as someone pointed out above. . . . DanM Dec 2012 #29
why are "they" refering to him as a SUSPECTED shooter, seems clear that he was leftyohiolib Dec 2012 #16
I hate to say it, but Daddy Lanza has probably hired a few "spin control" experts. reformist2 Dec 2012 #17
The father's life is ruined BeyondGeography Dec 2012 #18
+1 GObamaGO Dec 2012 #50
Yes, but that wouldn't be the DU Way. Bake Dec 2012 #60
Take your anger out where it ought to be aimed - gun nuts who allow all these WAR weapons Stinky The Clown Dec 2012 #21
good grief, denial after a trauma is an extremely common part of human nature. unblock Dec 2012 #22
Good point that someone else made above also. n/t DanM Dec 2012 #32
Do you have to have a personal reference when you apply for a gun registration? Tikki Dec 2012 #25
But ... quiche Dec 2012 #33
Couldn't the same rules apply to mom...and a provision to list all.. Tikki Dec 2012 #43
The mother would ... quiche Dec 2012 #44
Sigh! Yet another in an endless stream of blame the parent threads. - n/t coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #27
agreed. Most important, the kid was an adult. Are the parents responsible for their adult kids? still_one Dec 2012 #37
Didn't you hear? sharp_stick Dec 2012 #40
Bottom line ... quiche Dec 2012 #31
They were divorced. The kid was an adult. So are parents responsible for their adult children? still_one Dec 2012 #35
The mother was surely responsible quiche Dec 2012 #52
Do you have any adult kids? still_one Dec 2012 #38
That monster was his flesh & blood he'd better The_Casual_Observer Dec 2012 #39
Father had little contact? Did not know his son started taking drugs that make you want hurt people? No Compromise Dec 2012 #41
Its not clear how much contact they had ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #46
is this more mis-information? IcyPeas Dec 2012 #48
Have you a source for that? muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #49
would you trust our corporate media to expose the truth No Compromise Dec 2012 #57
More than a newbie who latches onto "Big Pharma" stories muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #64
It's one thing to think your troubled kid might be self-destructive... regnaD kciN Dec 2012 #42
The mother told a babysitter of Adam Lanza...'do not turn your back on him, not even for a minute'.. Tikki Dec 2012 #51
I agree HockeyMom Dec 2012 #56
Without a doubt, this is one of the dumbest things I've ever read on DU. zappaman Dec 2012 #53
+1 tallahasseedem Dec 2012 #59
+1 adirondacker Dec 2012 #63
you know this because....? HiPointDem Dec 2012 #61
The mother was very hostile towards the father FarCenter Dec 2012 #62
Too much alimony quiche Dec 2012 #65
Alimony is designed to preserve the standard of living of both parties as when the were married FarCenter Dec 2012 #66
I am surprised the Family Court gave custody to the gun nut mom Doctor_J Dec 2012 #67
Did the father want it? etherealtruth Dec 2012 #68
WHATEVER!! SkyDaddy7 Dec 2012 #70
I literally have no idea wtf OP is talking about. nt RedCappedBandit Dec 2012 #71
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