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.

  • billwashere
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    710 days ago

    Well I grew up not shooting up a school so it seems to have worked. It also helps I don’t have any mental health problems. Well unless you ask my wife.

    But seriously guns are just tools. Granted tools meant to kill things but still just tools. My father also taught me to respect regular tools. You can seriously hurt someone with a circular saw it’s just much harder to do from a distance.

    I don’t think you should let a toddler play with a hammer. You wait until they are old enough and strong enough and wise enough to weild it properly. Then you teach them how to use it for its purpose. And if it looks like they are going to have a psychotic break and murder people with it you take away the damn hammer and make sure they can’t just go get another hammer 🙄… it’s not really that hard.

    • @Omgpwnies
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      19 days ago

      You can seriously hurt someone with a circular saw it’s just much harder to do from a distance.

      I think a trebuchet would be the answer to that.

      • billwashere
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        19 days ago

        One of these days I’m gonna build one in my back yard.

        • @Omgpwnies
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          19 days ago

          Are you planning on laying siege to your neighbours?

    • @MellowYellow13
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      9 days ago

      You cant go on a shooting spree with a fucking hammer. Damn conversations with guns and Americans is ignorant af

      • billwashere
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        39 days ago

        It’s an analogy. And on a crowded subway I sorta could.