The article does not address that question, nor does it address the nature of their relationship.
The only insight on the shooter the article provides is:
“The teen should have had the basic intelligence not to point a gun at another human being and pull the trigger.”
The only insight on the shooter the article provides is:
“The teen should have had the basic intelligence not to point a gun at another human being and pull the trigger.”
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Unless grabbing the guy’s gun and shooting him was what the kid intended to do anyway.
The author of the article makes a grievous and fatal flaw in assigning the cause. Putting a dangerous instrument into someone's control is mot a matter of intelligence. It is a matter of qualification and training.
Actually, the writer is not really a reporter. He Makes several assumptions not warranted by the information he has. I don't think I'd want to go hunting with this guy, either.