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

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.

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

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

My dad gave me a gun for one of my earlier birthdays. It was a bolt action .22 that went right into a gun safe that I couldn't access...It was a pretty shitty present as I didn't enjoy hunting at the time but in retrospect I'm glad I learned gun safety and shooting.

Why the fuck would you buy a 14 year old an AR15 style rifle, especially after he already had a history of making school shooting threats at school? Dude deserves prison for a long time.

My pragmatic side is absolutely disgusted with this - why would you gift a gun to your kid while living in an urban area? It makes no practical sense other than fueling this weird American obsession with guns.

I understand giving your teen kid a hunting rifle if you live in a rural area and go hunting sometimes, but not an AR in a city - it's just asking for trouble.

After they had been contacted by investigators over concerns the kid wanted to do a school shooting.

This is why red flag laws need to be a thing.

The buried lede-

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.

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

What’s wrong with legos. Nobody is ever killed with legos.

I was gifted a shotgun at 15. It was a double barrel break action shotgun from my grandmother.

I kept it in a gun rack my grandfather left me hanging on my wall. I never had issues, but if one of my friends wanted access, it probably could have been stolen.

Lock up your guns.

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?

Americans need to analyze their views surrounding guns. And take their time. It's mind-blowing to try to make them understand guns are risky, regardless of handling, trigger discipline, or any other bullshit they tell themselves. The mere existence of guns is dangerous, the bigger the number of guns out there is the amount of accidents, shootings and massacres waiting to happen out there.

Edit: yeah, pushed some buttons here. Good.

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.

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!

Is he named Colt after the gun?

Guns kill people. Wow it's so complicated. Americans need to examine their culture

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.

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

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

Did they really name him after a gun too?

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

It's nice when kids enjoy their birthday presents.

And there was another shooting today with 1 dead. 2 shootings in one week. More thoughts and prayers of course. 🙄

Mass shooting murderer children literally named after guns now...

We're kind of running out of space here. Next "breaking news" story on CNN will be,

"A sentient gun/child hybrid in Arkansas, named Hollowpoint Reginald Babykiller, just massacred an entire classroom of other gun children using his arms, which are also guns."

[News anchor turns and shoots all the talking heads on discussion panel]

"To our next story, the inexplicable growing labor shortage in factories built with child sized equipment continues to grow..."

the addendum "sources say" is so unnecessary, how else would you know that?

Welcome to America..

Sorry, but question that’s unrelated to the story specifics:

The classroom doors lock automatically, and near the end of class, the suspect knocked on the door to try to come back in, Lyela said.

Another student went to open the door but apparently saw the gun and refused to let him in, Lyela said.

Instead, the shooter turned to a nearby classroom and opened fire, “and you hear about 10 to 15 rounds back-to-back,” Lyela said.

“I heard gunshots outside my classroom and people screaming, people begging not to get shot,” said 14-year-old student Macey Right.

Did the other rooms not lock, or was he let in because the person who opened the door in the other classroom not notice the gun?

Perhaps the father only intended his son to use his AR-15 to kill animals for fun, which is totally acceptable behaviour for any budding young psycopath.

Charge him for 4 murders 1st degree

The kid's name is Colt and he gave him an AR instead of a Colt? Wtf