>“Helicopter parents!” >“Be accountable for your kids!” >“Let kids be kids!”

…who are you quoting?

Are they in the room with us right now?

>Wouldn’t it just be easier if children couldn’t get guns?

Your idea of Utopia is one where Boston youth:

• Stab three other kids after school in a park.

• Attack other teens unprovoked and smash bus windows with a brick.

Or my maybe simply

• Harass, Rob, and Beat a Man on the Train

(That’s just in the last ten days.)

Not everyone is lucky enough to have a stay at home parent. And if we need more after school activities, jobs, funding, etc then that’s something we can address.

But kids already can’t get guns.

Maybe we figure out a way to stop them from seeking them.