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Mother of fatally shot University of Utah student wants the person who loaned Melvin Rowland the gun to be charged, tweeting, ‘It is a great responsibility to own a gun’

The mother of a University of Utah student killed on campus wants the person who gave her daughter’s killer — a convicted felon — a gun to be charged, according to a tweet posted Tuesday.

Jill McCluskey tweeted, “The person who lent Lauren’s killer the gun needs to be prosecuted. It is a great responsibility to own a gun."

The person who lent Lauren's killer the gun needs to be prosecuted. It is a great responsibility to own a gun. #ForLauren

— Jill McCluskey (@jjmccluskey) November 13, 2018

Lauren McCluskey was killed Oct.