These children--that's what they are, legally, until the age of majority, and in any event the accused killers weren’t made in a day--are marinated in violent entertainment, violent video games, gun fetishism, easy availability of intoxicants, a crude and self-glorifying popular culture, a brainless fundamentalist religion (if any), absent and often dysfunctional parents, an obviously failing public school system, a minimum-wage economy, and a ludicrously inept political system.

And you expect to prevent this kind of crime by foaming at the mouth about how they deserve to be crushed like bugs?  Or how their parents need to be thrown in jail? Then you’re part of the problem.