Hi lonnie, maybe the gun was his dads? It seems sad that the lad was driven to murder through abuse. One of my longtime friends along with her sister was abused sexually by their step dad and there's many a time she's said she felt like killing him but intsead she ended up having breakdowns. When he died a few months ago at the age of 84 my friend her sister actually cheered.
If it is true that the father has been abusing the boy then good riddance to him, one less piece of **** in the world, I agree with the other comments above; no need to shackle the poor kid. I wonder where his mother figures in this as well?
Yes, its true that in the States its easy to get hold of a gun, and yes, it probably was his fathers, but even so, in the home, it sureley should have been in a cabinet?, but having said that, the boy is being charged with murder, not manslaughter, so I imagine there's a lot more to come out, stuff the police know that we as yet don't.