ANOTHER SCHOOL/PUBLIC SHOOTING

[HairOfTheDog]

Yes. There were questions about the particular weapon used in the latest shooting. Some of us wanted to see what it was or a reasonable simile.

Yeah, I wanted to see it or learn more about it, for legal purposes.

I have a decent idea now of the weapon used and what's required for it to have been legally owned by the shooter's parents. I'm sure we'll learn later whether they were in fact compliant with the laws.

If the gun was not legal (within legal length specifications) or not registered per sawed-off regulations, it could affect the case in terms of the shooter's parents possibly being charged and held partly accountable.

I hope that if LE can't/won't pursue negligence charges against the parents for leaving the gun accessible, that they will be pressured to pursue charges against the parents for illegal possession if it turns out that the shotgun wasn't legally-owned. That matters to me, in terms of full justice for the victims' families and at least attempting to increase awareness/implications of what happens when kids have unsupervised access to firearms in the home.

Also, I can now envision how a shotgun could be smuggled into a school within a small duffel bag, as was reportedly done in this case. If the barrel was sawed almost completely off, it could be similar size to a handgun.