[Spirit100]

Ehh. I can't totally agree with this. A lot of bonds can be made at a shooting range. And not many people with asbergers have a history of violence, if any. Gun owners need to be able to teach their kids what kind of damage a bullet can produce. I shot my first gun at the age of 4. I've been shooting ever since. Safety was ALWAYS the first priority. I was taught how to properly hold and carry a gun. Whether it was loaded or not. Even at that young age I knew where the were stores and where the key wasting get in.

I'm not going to blame the mother or the father as far as gun safety goes because I don't know what was taught. According to one story I read the kid didn't snap. He was on a mission. So gun safety or not, he knew what he was doing and had even set up security measures to keep anyone from stopping him

Agreed...the difference between us and this troubled young man was that our parents weren't ever concerned with committing us to a pychiatric home because we never gave reason to do so (some on bgr may disagree)....joking aside, he was about to be committed to a facility per the investigation details being released.

My point is the same quality of bonding could have taken place at the bowling alley or on a golf course and may have been a better fit. Clearly there was more than the non-violent aspergers occuring with this young man. I've attached a link which sheds more light on aspergers syndrome.

http://www.parentingaspergers.com/forpar...4AodFGYA-A