While the motives and facts behind the Evergreen High School shooting are still up in the air pending a full investigation, the gun violence has raised questions about culpability.

“We can’t just continue to think that this is a school problem,” said state Rep. Tammy Story, an Evergreen Democrat, after the shooting. “It is a societal problem, it is a gun safety problem, and it is a weapons problem.”

The alleged shooter, Desmond Holly, entered Evergreen High School with a loaded revolver around 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 10, fired multiple rounds and reloaded “a lot” of times before eventually critically injuring two students and taking his own life, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

Holly was 16 years old and, under federal law, he can’t possess a handgun. It is unknown how h

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