Dad of alleged Ga. school shooter Colt Gray arrested, hit with murder and manslaughter charges: officials
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Son, Father Face Charges in Georgia School Shooting
Son, Father Face Charges forin 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 on Friday were arraigned in a Georgia courtroom in relation to the Wednesday shooting at Apalachee High School, where two students and two teachers were shot and killed.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
PriorWhile to this tragedy, police may have been able to do more to prevent it.this Buttragedy, Georgia's gun laws open the door to these sorts of things happening 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. That allowed the elder Gray tonever giveshould've hisbeen sonnear a firearm hein neverthe should'vefirst been nearplace.
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 — to keep tabs on their children's mental health and make sure they aren't posing a danger to themselves or their community. Holding parents accountable — in this case, and others — could reduce the risk of this happening again.