Update on the Kyle Huff murders

[jenk]

Remember how two people hid in the bathroom to keep from being shot? The local paper published an excellent essay by the mother of one of them. Quote:

I'm angry with Kyle Huff. Kyle Huff decided he wanted to end my son's life. Kyle Huff decided to kill all of those kids. Not his arsenal, not his family, not alcohol, not drugs. Not anything or anyone except Kyle Huff. I'm angry with everyone who is trying to make themselves feel better about this by blaming anything or anyone except the person responsible.

When are we as human beings going to stop making excuses for our behavior and the behavior of others?

I read. I smile. I applaud. Hurray! And then I read

Why would you ask within range of a father whose child was shot, "What would possess a parent to allow their 14-year-old daughter to be at that party?"

Why would you say to a mother, whose child had a gun pointed at him and who saw his girlfriend killed, words to the effect: "How could you let your son go to those nasty raves?"

Why would you walk up to a sister whose brother hid in the basement listening to someone shoot his friends, wondering if he was next, and then proceed to give her your opinion on gun control?

I have no real idea why anyone would be so crass. Other than self-centeredness, appalling lack of manners, and a self-righteous God complex, that is...

Robert Jamieson, writing in the other local paper, addresses the decision-making of the teens' parents. "No one could have anticipated the ultimate wild card -- an armed basket case showing up with murder in mind."