Where’s Mom & Dad?

Beaumont lawmen are looking for a 15-year-old killer.

There is something about this story that really bothers me…the part about the triggerman being a 15-year-old boy.

What the hell is a 15-year-old doing with a gun?

I know if I ask this question of some people, they would respond by saying it's the 2000's, grow up, that's the way things are now.

Others might say, he's a thug, don't worry about him, send him to the chair.

Hello?

He's 15!

How does a 15-year-old do something like this?

Where does a 15-year-old get a gun?

• This kid is not old enough to buy a beer.


• If he has sex with someone a few years older than he, the girl would face prison.


• He could only drive a car with an "adult" in the passenger seat.

Bottom line, the law says he is not old enough to make decisions for himself.

If he would have taken cash from someone, wouldn't his parents be responsible to make sure he paid the money back?

I have to dare ask a few questions.

Should his parents bare some of the responsibility in this matter?


Did they see anything that would indicate that their kid could end up doing something like this?

Where were mom and dad when the kid was forming his values?

It's hard to believe a young teen could reach this point and the parents not notice that their kid has a problem.

I'm tired of hearing the excuse, "..that's the ghetto... that's a high-crime area... that's a problem among poor kids who don't give a damn..." etc.

I think this is an area some of the left-winged radicals could learn a lesson from the right-wing extremists.

Quit making excuses for "artists" that give young kids a constant barrage of attitude-laced "kill the MF" type lyrics.

Quit giving honor to thugs in the entertainment industry under the guise of respecting a culture.

I'm not suggesting that a kid is going to hear one song about killing someone and immediately run out and do someone in.

I am suggesting that a young person who grows up listening to thug music on a daily basis... then plays street-violence-based video games for hours.... that spends his young-teen years watching movies that glorify a gangster-like lifestyle.... is being set up for failure.

By the way, this isn't a racial thing!
There are white, black, Hispanic and Asian kids who begin life this way.

These kids should not be excused for their crime; they need to be punished like anyone else who commits a crime.

But how about some of the adults who let children grow up like this.

Don't blame the single mom who is overwhelmed and tries but fails to keep her kids out of trouble.

At least she is trying.

Let's blame the moms and dads who teach their kids this lifestyle. Some kids are just imitating dear ole daddy.

Let's blame the moms and dads who see their kids growing more and more violent and do nothing about it.

There is no single answer that would magically wipe away teen violence.

Sure, this could be a case of a kid who simply went off the deep end.

But as often as I see kids doing very adult crimes, I cannot believe that there are that many kids who are naturally born criminals.

I really believe there are a lot of adults who are simply naturally stupid parents.