After another mass shooting, questions loom about the role of parents

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : But a handful of recent cases suggests that may be changing, as law enforcement looks for new ways to combat a surge in mass shootings.
43% : Before a 19-year-old gunman killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida, there were multiple tips to law enforcement agencies warning that he was armed and might shoot up a school.
43% : Martinez, who has since become an outspoken supporter of stricter gun laws, said he believed some parents of gunmen should be held criminally responsible if they did not try to prevent an attack or made it possible for their children to arm themselves.
37% : Law enforcement officials released records detailing that the father sponsored his son for a firearms license in 2019 despite incidents in which his son was said to have attempted suicide with a machete and drew police to his home because, officers were told, he threatened to "kill everyone."

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