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In reply to the discussion: Lots of blame for the Mother. Apparently Dad's off the hook , though, [View all]Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)I would have blamed the dad had he been the one who directly enabled this tragedy. If in fact he also was a gun nut, a survivalist, and participated in the training of their mentally disturbed child in the art of gun slaughter, then he shares some of the blame. We all share some of the blame in fact, but that is a somewhat separate and very complicated issue.
Nancy Lanza kept a huge amount of ammunition, multiple magazines, etc for her several semi auto weapons. She did this (and I am speculating based on the reports of her survivalist beliefs) because she feared she would need to fight off some unspecified threat with all this firepower. She failed to keep her small arsenal secured. She kept these unsecured weapons in her home with her mentally disturbed child. Sorry if people find these facts discomforting. She directly enabled this tragedy.