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Son, Father Charged in Georgia School Shooting
Above: The Barrow County (Ga.) Courthouse, where Colt and Colin Gray were arraigned Sept. 6, 2024. Image copyright: Adam Hagy/Stringer/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Facts
Colt Gray, 14, and his father, Colin Gray, were arraigned in a Georgia courtroom on Friday in relation to the Wednesday shooting at Apalachee High School, where two students and two teachers were shot and killed.
The younger Gray faces four counts of felony murder, while his father faces four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder, and eight counts of cruelty to children.
The Spin
Left narrative
While police may have been able to do more to prevent this tragedy, Georgia's gun laws open the door to these incidents— and the state's 10th-place ranking for school campus gun violence shows it. It's ridiculous that there's no minimum age requirement for possession of a rifle or shotgun. Gray never should've been near a firearm in the first place.
Right narrative
Tragedies like this aren't prevented by violating the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding gun owners. This tragedy tells us more about the level of parenting that's needed in the US. Holding parents accountable — in this case, and others — could reduce the risk of this happening again.