Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray just got his dad 15 years in prison.
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From CNN:
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 ...
Gray declined to address the court before his sentencing. Defense attorney Brian Hobbs told CNN he plans to appeal the first-of-its-kind conviction ...
Gray was convicted of murder and manslaughter earlier this year for buying his son an AR-15-style rifle as a Christmas gift and leaving it unsecured β despite warnings the teen was a danger to others. The charges were based on his 'criminal negligence' rather than any intention to cause harm.
Yes, the father of a school shooter has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for "criminal negligence." This is the first conviction of this kind in the nation.
Colin Gray didn't pull the trigger. He didn't plan the attack. He didn't even have "actual knowledge" of his son's plan.
But he did buy the kid a gun for Christmas.
This has led to all sorts of commentary about whether this ruling will be applied equally in the future, or if it will be selectively used by the gun grabbers on the Left to destroy political opponents:
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That being said, there were a LOT of red flags Mr. Gray should've seen, but he either missed them or neglected them.
For instance, this was in 2023:
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There were signs...
Gray will appeal the court's ruling.
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