A very well-done article, especially for a local radio station.

Neither simplistic nor overtly ideological, as stereotypes might lead one to fear from an NPR station.

At least for me, it was more about the congenital stupidity of early teen boys than about guns.

There are so many guns sloshing around America, something like this is not surprising at all. So now we have to get used to a world where every kid could have a gun, every homeless lunatic raving to himself in a corner can have a gun, the asshole that cuts in line in front of you probably has a gun, the guy that cuts you off on the freeway has a gun, etc.

People are complaining about police killing citizens, and it is a valid complaint, but on the other hand the police have a valid worry that every two bit criminal they stop for a minor misdemeanor can be armed. Even if it is a child.

The gun rights advocate solution to this is simple -- buy more guns. In the confused mind of a gun rights advocate if you have a gun in your pocket, you will be totally protected when some maniac pulls a gun and shoots you in the chest. Alas, the laws of physics do not work that way.

Until adults who own guns are held legally responsible when they negligently store them (by existing laws), juvenile thefts will continue. With no consequences, gun laws are useless. We don't need more gun laws; we need to enforce the ones we already have.

The juveniles in this story should also face consequences for stealing and possessing and likely selling firearms (beyond being expelled from school). Again, without consequences, the law is toothless and ineffective and things won't change.

I know there are already guns that have fingerprint unlock feature. I wonder if the US constitution allows states to require such fingerprint unlock on all new guns.

Has there been more discussion about charging the gun's owner with a crime committed with their firearm? Someone along the way needs to be held responsible or else there is no responsibility. The gun is useless without someone using it to commit crime or murder. Putting the person who committed the crime in jail does not seem to be reducing crime. If a gun owner, and the gun store for that matter, knew that they could be charged with a crime committed with their gun, regardless of who had it or how it was obtained, then maybe we would have more responsibility. Reporting your gun stolen should not absolve the owner of responsibility.