[EstanislaoStan]

Yes, my question is why was he able to get ahold of his step father's handgun. Secure your firearms people! It should be law in my opinion.

[salawat]

How is the pistol to be blamed for merely existing? It has no agency.

[rsynnott]

The device itself obviously can't be blamed. The manufacturer, the owner, the seller, and the regulators who allowed it to be sold arguably do bear some responsibility, though. In something like this, there's rarely one party who's solely responsible.

(Similarly, the LLM itself obviously cannot bear any responsibility, but the vendor might.)

[NoGravitas]

The parents bear a tremendous responsibility for failing to adequately secure it.

[rsynnott]

Them too, yes.