So, Nancy Lanza was a doomsday "prepper" & survivalist:

[Swede Atlanta]

4. We don't have all the details but some facts suggest themselves.....

The presence of guns in the home increases the likelihood of someone being injured or killed by them.

The presence of guns in the home does not increase your ability to defend yourself.

Gun ownership carries with it a responsibility to secure firearms from anyone else, regardless of who they are.

Teaching the use of firearms to a child who the mother either knew or should have known had "issues" is not a prudent thing to do.


I'm not blaming the mother. I find the whole "prepper" conspiracy movement to be nutcases in search of a cause because they are so unfulfilled in their own lives. But that is another matter.

There is plenty of blame to go around. But I think this woman had a responsibility to the rest of society to ensure she secured her firearms and did not give anyone ready access to them. We don't know if she had her weapons in a gun safe and if so if it was locked and even if it was locked if other family members had access to the key.

I am sorry for her death as I am for any loss of life but in this case if she recklessly placed the lives of other people at risk by not securing the firearms, being watchful of her family members and seeking treatment for them as needed, she bears quite a bit of responsibility. If she didn't care about her own safety that is her choice. But she should not place others' lives at risk due to her own recklessness.