Prosecutors allege Colin Gray, 54, provided the weapon to his son
Colin Gray, 54, has been charged with second-degree murder and other crimes in connection with the school shooting his 14-year-old son is accused of carrying out.Less than an hour after his 14-year-old son appeared in a Georgia courtroom on murder charges on Friday, Colin Gray found himself in the same courtroom seat, anxiously rocking back and forth as prosecutors accused him of bearing responsibility for the deaths caused by the boy’s rampage.
Studies by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have shown that around 75% of all school shooters obtained their weapons at home. Experts say that parents securing those weapons so that teenagers are denied access to them would help prevent school shootings. Karen McDonald, the Michigan prosecutor who put the Crumbley parents on trial, said she hopes high-profile cases like that against Colin Gray in Georgia serve as a wake-up call to gun owners that they need to secure their weapons in the home.
Tim Carey, a law and policy adviser for the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, called the charges against Colin Gray surprising but said his arrest does not indicate a fundamental shift in how school shooting cases will be brought to court. His father is accused of knowingly allowing him to have the murder weapon described by authorities as an “AR platform-style weapon” or semi-automatic rifle.
“But this does nothing,” she said. “This does nothing to stop school shootings, as egregious as they are. It’s a way for police to say they’re doing something.”
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