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Father of Georgia school shooting suspect told investigators he purchased gun as holiday present for son, sources say

The father of the mass shooting suspect accused of killing four people at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, told investigators this week he had purchased the gun used in the killings as a holiday present for his son in December 2023, according to two law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the investigation.

Colt Gray, a 14-year-old student, is accused of killing two students and two teachers with an AR-style rifle in the Wednesday shooting. Nine more people were hospitalized.

One source told CNN the AR-15-style rifle was purchased at a local gun store as a Christmas present.

phoneymouse ,

Call me crazy, but I don’t think children should own guns.

RagingRobot ,

Is he named Colt after the gun?

ravhall ,

Welp, send the man to jail for aiding and abetting murder.

ElcaineVolta ,
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it's odd that they used "holiday present" in the headline, but the article says-

One source told CNN the AR-15-style rifle was purchased at a local gun store as a Christmas present.

it's like they didn't want christmas in the same headline as the mass shooting or something?

ultranaut ,

Did they really name him after a gun too?

ArbitraryValue ,

I don’t understand why the father would just confess like that, but I suppose I shouldn’t expect good judgement from him.

girlfreddy ,
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I’m sure he believes in the rule of law, so told the truth. I’m also sure he believes that nothing will happen to him because he told the nice police officers the truth, so the nice police officers will just charge his way-too-young-to-own-a-gun son as an adult and Dad will just go on living his life as he always has.

Critical thinking skills are not strong in men like him.

Zaktor ,

The kid was taken alive, so it’s likely he’ll just tell them at some point.

BigMacHole ,

If you can Ban someone from buying their CHILD a GUN after that Child makes THREATS TO SHOOT UP HIS SCHOOL that’s SOCIALISM! SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED!

Zaktor ,

Child soldiers are an essential bulwark against government tyranny!

TransplantedSconie ,

Well, now I know why the dad has been arrested on second degree murder and a whole slew of charges.

Kit ,

My father also bought me a gun as a birthday present as a teenager, and looking back it was wholly inappropriate and dangerous. Granted, I never had thoughts of killing people.

Cadeillac ,
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Were you always in possession of it, or did he keep it properly stored until he took you shooting?

Maeve ,

AR-15-style

Sociopaths raising a sociopath. We have to stop the race to the bottom, triggering people isn't cool, it has serious repercussions, as noted in presidential races, even.

dogsnest ,
@dogsnest@lemmy.world avatar

It’s the perfect hunting rifle for when a herd of deer stampedes.

NOT_RICK ,
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

Lost a lot of good men out there in the deer stampede hunts

CCMan1701A ,

I’m waiting for someone to explain to me how an automatic gun/rifle is needed for hunting animals/deer.

BigDotNet ,

Welcome to America…

Eezyville ,
@Eezyville@sh.itjust.works avatar

Why these people giving weapons to their kids before they’re even in high school?

TimLovesTech , (edited )
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I could see if you’re really into guns and you want to teach your kid the importance of gun safety, etc. But that firearm should 110% be under lock and key so that the child has no way to access it outside of parental supervision. This sounds like gross negligence, and a disturbing trend of parents for whatever reason buying troubled youth firearms in what I think most would consider counter to good judgement.

Edit - Ugh… It’s even worse after reading this part…

The timeline the teen’s father provided to authorities would put the gun purchase months after authorities first contacted Gray and his family to investigate school shooting threats made online.

ModernEraCaveman ,

If your kid is really into guns, then buy them a bb gun for fucks sake. Teach them gun safety with something that won’t kill anyone. What kind of brain dead parents are out there thinking that buying a child a gun is a good idea? THE KID’S NOT EVEN OLD ENOUGH TO DRIVE FFS

jballs ,
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Why these people giving weapons to their kids after the sheriff first contacted you to investigate school shooting threats your kid made online,

ThePantser ,
@ThePantser@lemmy.world avatar

Should be illegal to buy a child a gun until they are 18. You can 2A all you want about defending the country but you fuckers ain’t gonna tell me you will have a child in your militia. Can’t drive until 16, can’t smoke until 18, can’t drink until 21 but you can go out and fire deadly weapons whenever your parents say it’s cool.

MegaUltraChicken ,

you fuckers ain’t gonna tell me you will have a child in your militia

“We absolutely will.” -Conservatives

girlfreddy ,
@girlfreddy@lemmy.ca avatar

If they can work in meat processors, they can join the militia.

/s

Chozo ,

I think part of the reason for this is that you have a lot of these dipshit parents who see headlines like this and think "the LiBeRaLs are going to use this week's school shooting as justification for taking our guns; I'll show them, I'll give my children guns and be the proof that guns aren't the problem". At least, with how often I see the sentiment of "well my kids have guns and haven't killed anybody" across social media, that's my assumption.

They all think they're responsible gun owners. And maybe some of them are. Hell, maybe most of them are. But a non-zero amount aren't, and we need to have safeguards in place instead of "nothing we can do but pray for stronger doors on the schools".

TipRing ,

So his son was being investigated for making threats to shoot up the school and he decided that the best gift was a gun that could allow his son to act on those threats.

Charging him in connection with the shooting seems appropriate.

burgersc12 ,

“Who could have seen this coming?” -the father probably

Maeve ,

I bet physical and/or verbal abuse was abundant in that household, probably spousal abuse as well, up to and including sexual and financial.

jordanlund ,
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No sexual abuse reported, but everything else, yeah.

More red flags than a May Day Parade, like usual.

Maeve ,

People don't agree with what I'm going to say, but nonconsensual *nonmonogamous sexual relationships are physically and emotionally abusive. Physically because they potentially expose the non-consenting to disease, and death by disease. Emotionally and actually financially, because of gaslighting, withholding, gaslighting. And even with laws on the books, all abuse is underreported, and then when it is, there's the victim blaming mentality, from report to trial, if it makes it that far.
*Autocorrect

ThePantser ,
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Yup they can go the same route as the Oxford, MI shooter and charge the parents. They got 10 years, if more parents got charged parents might wise up. This sounds 100% the exact same situation. Oxford kids parents told him not to get caught next time when he was in trouble for looking at ammunition during school.

Hydra_Fk ,

Would being charged with crimes your child commits stop dumb fucks from reproducing?

BlameThePeacock ,

Nah, the kids are rarely intentional when you’re that stupid.

Hydra_Fk ,

Still I’m willing to give it a shot! Hey-O!

ImADifferentBird ,
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I’d be satisfied if it stopped dumb fucks from buying guns for their dumb fuck kids that already threatened to shoot their classmates.

Daddy is an accessory here. I’m glad he’s being charged.

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