The hard parts of murdering someone you live with has always been: 1) people don’t actually want to murder others; and 2) getting away with it. Clearly this kid was not concerned with either of these.
so much focus on the handheld videogames, and not the handheld gun
It isn’t hard for anyone you live with to kill you if they make even a basic plan. The same effect can be accomplished with a knife, something readily accessible in any kitchen. The interesting part of this story is the murderous 11-year-old, which is why everyone is focusing on him.
It is FAR more difficult, both physically and emotionally to kill someone with a knife than a firearm.
There are millions, if not a billion of kids in the world. And I’m willing to bet, that over the past 100 years. Homicides committed by kids, are heavily skewed towards gunfire over stabbings. Even if we exclude child-soldiers.
I would even wager that homicides by kids with guns in the US, far outweighs homicides by kids with knives, world wide.
Well, the fact that the kid went for a gun instead of a readily accessible knife is either because the gun is even more readily accessible than the knife or that guns are much preferred when it comes to performing a murder.
In the latter, the kid might’ve decided that the hard parts of murdering his father might not be worth dealing with if he doesn’t have easy enough access to the gun in the first place. So the question goes back to why it was so easy for an 11 year old to get his hand on a gun in the first place.
The hard parts of murdering someone you live with has always been: 1) people don’t actually want to murder others; and 2) getting away with it. Clearly this kid was not concerned with either of these.
It isn’t hard for anyone you live with to kill you if they make even a basic plan. The same effect can be accomplished with a knife, something readily accessible in any kitchen. The interesting part of this story is the murderous 11-year-old, which is why everyone is focusing on him.
It is FAR more difficult, both physically and emotionally to kill someone with a knife than a firearm.
There are millions, if not a billion of kids in the world. And I’m willing to bet, that over the past 100 years. Homicides committed by kids, are heavily skewed towards gunfire over stabbings. Even if we exclude child-soldiers.
I would even wager that homicides by kids with guns in the US, far outweighs homicides by kids with knives, world wide.
Well, the fact that the kid went for a gun instead of a readily accessible knife is either because the gun is even more readily accessible than the knife or that guns are much preferred when it comes to performing a murder.
In the latter, the kid might’ve decided that the hard parts of murdering his father might not be worth dealing with if he doesn’t have easy enough access to the gun in the first place. So the question goes back to why it was so easy for an 11 year old to get his hand on a gun in the first place.
Sounds like he came across it while searching for the Switch, so yes it was more readily accessible in the moment.