There's a timeline that nobody's talking about in the coverage of this story. The kid's dad was an alcoholic, died of a heart and, attack like two years ago. Not long before, his mother sued for custody, and not long before that, the dad had been arrested on a domestic violence charge. I am assuming that's when he had all his registered guns confiscated by the police. So turn back the clock a bit, we have a 12-13 year old kid with an active alcoholic dad, parents fighting, police involved, and then the dad suddenly dies. This doesn't sound like the makings of a well adjusted, stable human being. My question is, the father passed two years ago...why did the mother still have his guns in the house? Were they the mother's guns? Were they returned by the police after the father passed? Did the boy receive any counseling after his fathers passing or during the ordeal with his parents? Were the guns being stored according to CA law? Soooooo many questions that are so much more relevant than whether or not the gun used in the attack was serialized.