A nation still mourning the horror of a school shooting is now grappling with a disturbing truth: the parents of the transgender shooter, Robin Westman, signed off on their child’s gender change when he was still a minor.

This fact, buried by most mainstream outlets, raises serious questions about the consequences of enabling gender transitions for children.

Robin Westman, born Robert Paul Westman, carried out a tragic mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis. Two children lost their lives. Several others were injured. And the country is left reeling, searching for answers that many in power do not want to confront.

According to court records, the Westmans petitioned to change their child’s legal name and gender back in 2019, when Robin was still a teenager. The state of Minnesota approved it.

This was not an isolated act of rebellion. This was sanctioned by the very adults who were supposed to protect and guide their child.

It was validated by the courts. And it was applauded by radical activists who insist that children can decide their gender identity before they can legally drive.

But what was the cost?

This shooter’s descent into violence cannot be separated from the ideological culture that wrapped confusion in the banner of liberation. Rather than seek real mental health support, the system cheered on gender ideology as a cure-all.

And now, innocent children are dead.

The silence from the White House has been telling. Not a word about the tragedy. Not a word about the role that policies enabling youth gender transitions may have played in this disaster.

Instead, the media has attempted to shield the facts. The shooter’s transgender identity is buried in paragraph 14, if it is mentioned at all.

The headlines focus on gun violence, but dodge the deeper cultural rot at the heart of the tragedy.

What we are seeing is a crisis of values.

Gender confusion among youth is not just a private matter when it leads to public tragedy. And enabling irreversible decisions at an early age carries profound consequences not just for the individual, but for society.

We must ask: what kind of message are we sending when a child can choose to alter their identity legally, yet cannot buy a beer, vote, or join the military?

The Westmans’ decision to sign off on their son’s gender transition is not simply a family matter. It is a reflection of policies and cultural messaging pushed by the left that claim feelings trump biology, that truth is subjective, and that children know best.

But children do not know best.

They need guidance, not validation of every impulse. They need structure, not social experimentation. And they need protection, not applause for decisions that may come with irreversible consequences.

Robin Westman did not just slip through the cracks. He was handed a permission slip to mental instability by adults too afraid or too indoctrinated to question the narrative.

And now, the country is mourning the results.