Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 3:52
#VoiceYourOpinion | Jennifer Crumbley found GUILTY OF 4 counts INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. Should parents be held legally responsible for mass shooting😳
He's pleaded not guilty and is set for a trial next month. Her son, Ethan, who is now 17, pleaded guilty as an adult to murder, terrorism and other crimes and was sentenced in December to life in prison without parole. Now, this is what I want to say, and this is what I want to ask. Should parents be legally responsible for their children when they commit crimes of mass murder?
You know what disturbs me about this is, who are these people? I'm so out of touch with? How often this thing happens. Now that. Yeah, when did this school shooting happen? Has it become so not that big a deal that you literally don't hear about it anymore? I have no idea who you're talking about. It. This is crazy. Yeah
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 2:12
You should have locked it away where they couldn't possibly get it, because then these four beautiful children would still be here, and these parents wouldn't be grieving the way that they are. They don't get to see their child. This boy went to jail for life. Their life is gone. And
It's just enough of it, enough of this, enough of children having to worry about going to school. I don't care if you're a gun owner or not, what you believe in. It's just, and it started when I was in high school, and that's 20 years ago, and now it's so common. If I was in high school today, my head, I would be in a constant state of panic that someone's going to snap
I think the key takeaway that from that, the fact that my friend, even though that's, like, Parkland, his daughter was fine, it's like, yeah, God protects. You'd be surprised the things that the people I'm talking about in this world have gone through and like, yeah. They don't realize. God protects. God protects. God is great, God is good. God will provide, as long as you believe in him. Lady Fowler will testify to that
Jeremiah Myer
@Jeremiah73 · 4:44
It's not video games. It's not violent tv or violent movies. It's american. It's love affair with guns. And believing that guns and violence are the answer for all of our problems. And our children are listening, and they're learning, and that's why we're in this, a terrible condition now. It's just horrible
Andrea Piggue
@Andrea_Speaks · 4:23
There's so many different factors with that, you know, is the child, you know, does the child have special needs, you know, that type of thing? And again, that goes back to the parent. Right. But I also believe that. Let me say this. I do believe that the parents should be held accountable to a certain extent. What that extent is, I don't know. Now to charge the parent with murder as well. Yeah. I don't
Moe Johnson
@NeophyteSavant · 4:47
They play a role in this, in this kid's behavior. And there's so many other cases like this. So, yes, the parents should be held accountable. In the case that you spoke about, Evelyn, this particular case, yes, they should be held accountable. I don't know how much time they're going to get. I'm not even going to say how much time they should get
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 1:20
Mine are well secured. The thing of it is, not everybody does that. And you're right. And then we do need to go after the firearm manufacturers. If it's a gun that can be readily available and has been given to a child bought by these parents, now it's been given to a child. First of all, why are we making these weapons of mass destruction? Like, not. Well, Chicago can't be shy and shy rock
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 2:00
It doesn't mean that one crucial time they're not going to get pissed off and do something bad. So, yeah, there are a lot of gray areas, but the one thing that I think is great is that they are finally getting. These parents just looked over every single sign and did nothing. And in her case, they bought him this weapon
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 2:22
Yeah, mo, first of all, I did address what you were saying about your son on your other swell, but I agree with you. It is the teacher's fault. The teacher, the parents. And then he had the nerve to say she and his business. What kind of mindset? What kind of mindset? Because you have a weapon. That's not. Cure it. You know, your son is basing his life off your anger. He learned from you how to be angry
Andrea Piggue
@Andrea_Speaks · 4:41
But even looking at this lady, looking at this lady, she looked like she might have some mental issues going on. You know what I mean? But most definitely the fact that the school was telling her that he's drawing things, he's got behavior issues. And then you go out and buy somebody that's already got behavior issues a gun
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 1:37
I don't know if everything got put into the courtroom because sometimes they don't allow stuff if it's not relevant to the case at hand. But I don't know. I think that she should be held responsible if she knew that her son was in there drawing crazy pictures and talking about he going to kill everybody and doing all this. Yes, she should have done something about it. She should have took the weapon away from him
Shawna Kearsley
@OnAcornBay · 5:00
You. Yeah. This is a landmark case, for sure. And it's important. It really and truly is important. I think it sends a strong message to our parents that we are responsible for these children, that we have to be hands on to their development. They are in our house. You know, we take all the benefits we to take it all. And I can't say that I am happy to see it because this is certainly not a happy situation
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 0:48
I'm so sorry it took me so long to get back to you. In your reply, your reply is absolutely brilliant. That might be a trigger for the children, the fact that they're being neglected in some way by us not wanting to discipline them or argue with our kids, because all they do is play video games and stay in their room anyway. But that's not the point. That's not what life is about. Life is beyond their room
Robert Jenkins
@Guruball1 · 3:03
You know your child better than anyone, and for you to close your eyes to it or turn your back to it, you're just as guilty as they are. Peace. Have a good one
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 2:51
She was thinking about herself and her lack of her marriage, I guess, or whatever. And so this boy ended up killing these kids because she wasn't paying attention. But she wasn't the only parent there. The father wasn't paying attention either. And that's why his trial is coming up, because neither one of them did anything. And now these children are dead. In those instances, yes
Shawna Kearsley
@OnAcornBay · 4:57
And these women were in their, I would say, like, they're not children. It's not like teenage pregnancy or anything. In that case, we could give it a little bit of a pass there. And I looked at that language and I'm thinking our language does define how we do these things and we are so casual about it. You are my life. Parenting, it's a job. I think it's something that I can be fired from. So I take it seriously
