I am up here in N La and we just went to a couple of sporting good stores. There ain't hardly any guns on the shelf
.22s and AR-15s are very popular right now.
Back to the topic, the kid is said to have been autistic or have a mild form of autism. My wife used to be an aid for an autistic child and she says that they are almost numb to feelings. They have no emotion and are almost living in a world that is a big video game. The mother apparently took the kid out to the shooting range to shoot, wife says this is not a thing that anyone experiencing any form of autism should be subjected to.