Who is really to blame for allowing this boy to shoot the girl in this news note?

Question

Is it the judge who granted probation to a kid with bipolar after stealing weapons? What the hell did they think he intended to do with weapons? Play tiddly winks?
Or how about the parents? His mother says he quit taking his medicine. Found a hidden key and opened a safe where the 44 MAGNUM was locked up.
Don't know if I buy that, but still she made a mistake that allowed him to gain access to the gun. If I had a kid with bipolar disorder I sure as hell wouldn't have guns anywhere that HE could get to them. OR, if the gun was not locked up, she had to say that to protect herself from going to jail.

What the hell? He harassed the girl so bad she transferred to a different school to get away from him. He should have been in treatment or jail. If a kid stole weapons and harassed my daughter, I would see to it he went to the asylum or jail. When will people wise up to crack pots who harass others? I suppose no one thought he would do that. The signs were ALL there.

If you know someone in a situation like this, tell them to take a lesson from this and never let your guard down.
OOPS! The story is at http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20070310/D8NP0TJ00.html

If a teen or a person of any age is OBSESSED with another person, they are NOT to be trusted. They can turn violent in an instant, with NO warning.

Guard yourself and your loved ones.

Answer 1

Very sad. Mother is to be blamed for not reporting him for being off his meds sooner. Plus, to have a gun when he has show violent tendencies is wrong. (I can see her wanting to protect herself).
I don't understand why he wasn't supervised closer by a doctor.

Answer 2

I hear your anger, your frustration with the system and even your fear. Your question will not be sufficiently answered in this forum however and pointing fingers and looking for someone to blame IS the root of the problem so you hit the nail on the head.