No....pretty irresponsible to not teach kids gun safety. Should kids that age be left home along with a Bic lighter in the home? Jesus, they could set the curtains on fire. Wait....Bic lighters can't jump up and light themselves, just like guns can't shoot themselves. The kids "got a hold of" a gun just like they get their hands on a lighter, matches, knives, baseball bats, lawn darts, car keys/cars and every other fucking potentially dangerous object known to mankind. Every swinging Richard about my age or older that I know grew up in a houseful of guns/bows/etc. and we never shot up the house or our friends. Maybe kids today shoot each other because they are ignorant of guns, or curious/fascinated with the unknown. Let them shoot and teach them safety and they most likely won't fuck with them.
How did the kids get a hold of the gun? Was it not locked up? I consider that irresponsible parenting. Same as the case of the 4-year-old who shot the deputy's wife in Tennessee and the 4-year-old who shot a neighbor kid in New Jersey.
No, she died because someone in her sphere failed big big. They're not fucking toys to be brandished all willy-nilly like the id10ts they were. Fucking shame. Now due to the owner's lack of common sense one kid is dead and the rest of them will have the memory for the rest of their lives.
And if this was about "exploring their bodies/sexuality", Nannyforge would be right there with you. Teenage pregnancy perpetuates the welfare state and dependence on government, so Nannyforge loves that shit. They eat that up like cake. A self-governing, well-armed citizenry? They don't need to be parented. They aren't dependent, and therefore aren't inclined to be subservient. And that Nannyforge cannot abide.