What the Crumbley Convictions and Safe Storage Laws Mean for Parents
By Justin Heinze, University of Michigan, April M. Zeoli, University of Michigan, and Frank E. Vandervort, University of Michigan During the recent trial of James Crumbley, the father of the Oxford, Michigan school shooter, prosecutor Karen McDonald demonstrated the use of the cable lock that federal law mandates sellers provide with the 9 mm handgun […]
Spiers: America’s Toxic Gun Culture ‘Primes’ School Shooters
‘Good parents model healthy interactions all the time. If their kids are struggling with a sense of inferiority or are having trouble dealing with failure, we teach them self-confidence and resilience. Parents who treat guns as a mechanism for feeling more significant and powerful are modeling an extremely dangerous way to interact with their environment. […]
Shooting Straight: You Can Reduce Violence by Not Raising Jerks
With the convictions of James and Jennifer Crumbley—if you missed it, they’re school murderer Ethan Crumbley’s parents—people are asking questions about parents being held responsible for the murderous actions of their kids. In the case of the Crumbleys, the evidence was rather damning. It even included a meeting at the school the morning of the […]