I think you underestimate 14-year-olds. I held a full-time (plus some) job the summer when I was 14.
To me, the predicament here is not "who gets punished" but the general culture of guns and violence in the US. The focus on punishment rather rehabilitation is a part of that culture.
George Dinwiddie
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