I think there will probably be some defense around controlled access to the gun. They're going to claim it was under lock and key and only the parents could access it. So the kid must have stolen the key and access codes to get it using cracking software and blah blah blah whatever sounds good. We can sort of make some reasonable inferences related to this claim, though. So, for example, the primary fact is that the kid was able to get past either very limited security on the gun or no security at all on the gun. We know this because he had the gun and the kid is no genius. When the kid was caught searching for ammo on his phone in class, it also says there is some significant probability the gun is under his control. Otherwise, it would be the parents looking for the ammo and especially putting the ammo in the gun or storing the ammo under lock and key. The mother acting as if the kid looking for ammo is business as usual is a tacit admission that she allows her son to get and store ammo that ought to be under lock and key when it should be the parental responsibility. And not thinking further about where that could lead is on her in the sense of recklessness, neglect, and irresponsibility. Moreover, comments like "LOL" and "don't get caught" show she was willing to circumvent systems of control and responsibility, not to mention be dishonest with people trying to mitigate risk of disaster. And, moreover, she was teaching her son to do the same. There is something that is classically conservative about that. Teaching power and special entitlements, how to lie to hold onto it, and the hypocrisy involved.
