If the evidence laid out by the prosecutor are true, they're in deep chit.
As they should be.
Almost sounds as if the Dad bought the gun for the Psycho for a XMas Present.
And I wouldn’t have a problem with that if the brat weren’t a known Psycho.
I bought my first handgun st age 13. Mom had to fill out the paperwork. Owned several more by the time I graduated HS. Still have the first one. A Colt Frontier Scout in 22/22 Magnum. Still have yet to shoot anyone with it, either.
And like I mentioned before, I had a WW 94/30-30 and a Rem 870 12 ga, on the gun rack of my pickup in our HS parking lot every day. As most kids from a farming and ranching family did. And there was never a School shooting one in that era of the late 1970’s. And I was a lot more scared of what my Dad would do to me if I acted like a fool, then worried about what LEO would do.
I had 3 rifles and 2 handguns by 6th grade. No big deal.
I wasnt raised like most kids though. Expectations met were rewarded. Being a dumbass or fuggup werent options either.