Colin Gray, the Georgia father whose teenage son Colt killed four people in a 2024 school shooting, was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison in a landmark case testing the limits of who can be held responsible for a mass shooting.
The kid had an unhealthy interest in school shooters, including having a photo of one on his wall. The police spoke with the father about concerning statements from the kid. And yet the father still bought the kid a semi-automatic weapon. It’s a short, straight line of responsibility here.
I suspect the father had his own unhealthy interest in weapons, considering he named his own kid Colt. You can understand how a guy who worships guns is likely to dismiss anything that means he’s going to have to dial it back. He loved guns more than he loved safeguarding his sons literal future.
The kid had an unhealthy interest in school shooters, including having a photo of one on his wall. The police spoke with the father about concerning statements from the kid. And yet the father still bought the kid a semi-automatic weapon. It’s a short, straight line of responsibility here.
I suspect the father had his own unhealthy interest in weapons, considering he named his own kid Colt. You can understand how a guy who worships guns is likely to dismiss anything that means he’s going to have to dial it back. He loved guns more than he loved safeguarding his sons literal future.