(cont.)  The HUGE MISTAKE  the parents made was that they wanted to be Kips BEST FRIEND, instead of PARENTS.  As a parent there are many times that your children will DISAGREE with you and you have to say NO to certain things.  Kips parents did NOT want  to say NO to Kip.  Knowing his Mental issues, they should have said  "NO" to the purchase of a gun.  Their decision to NOT say NO,  cost them their LIVES  as well as some students at Thurston High School......................