“Because kids are horrified and in terror when their parents are getting gunned-down in their suburban driveway.”
They’re 16, not exactly toddlers. If you’re old enough to hand a disassembled gun over to your mom, you’re old enough to be manning a scoped AR-15 to provide overwatch as your parents, the family breadwinners, are trying to make it home safely after an exhausting 11-hour day at the family restaurant. They had been robbed half-a-dozen times previously. The correct response was either to not resist or overwhelming firepower. They chose a middle course and paid the price.