# Oxford Shooter's Parents Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 4, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxford-shooters-parents-charged-with-involuntary-manslaughter/955493 "2021-12-04T13:48:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 191
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxford-shooters-parents-charged-with-involuntary-manslaughter/955493/191 "2021-12-05T21:52:09Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > How many more of these are we going to have as a society before we decide we’ve had enough, and start passing stricter gun laws? If I _had_ a child, I’d live with an ever-present low level of terror that they’ll be next. Since you ask, Congressman Thomas Massie, the sort of lawmaker who has the power to make the kinds of legislative changes needed, provides the answer to your question. Note that I am definitely not interested in started a futile gun debate digression, but this is just such a perfect answer to your question that I had to post it. Just days after this shooting, the good Congressman tweeted Christmas greetings from the whole family, with the picture below, and the legend “Merry Christmas” and “PS- Santa, please bring ammo”: [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FFyIVyzX0AsYST0?format=jpg&name=small) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FFyIVyzX0AsYST0?format=jpg&name=small) CNN article at the link below. The article also includes a response to Rep. Massie from someone who lost a child in the Parkland school shooting. Massie has justifiably been getting a lot of flak for this gross stupidity, but this is the nature of the gun culture. [https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/05/us/thomas-massie-kentucky-representative-guns-family-photo/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/05/us/thomas-massie-kentucky-representative-guns-family-photo/index.html) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxford-shooters-parents-charged-with-involuntary-manslaughter/955493)._