As someone who knows the parents of a shooter, I can say unequivocally that they were shocked at their son’s actions and have suffered greatly since there is no way they can shake the feeling of raising a child who murders and dies do in a racially motivated attack.
They are/ were devastated. However, to charge them with criminal negligence is wrong.
The issue is an assault weapons ban. The fact that politicians refuse to act is shameful. I blame republicans primarily with a few democrats like Joe Manshien of West Virginia for the many hundreds of attacks with these weapons.
That’s where the focus should be.