Father Charged After His 'Good Boy' Uses Gifted Rifle in School Shooting | Colt Gray Case Analysis

[@pointerlover3492]

The whole family is nothing but dysfunction. Who buys their son an AR 15 AFTER the FBI visits your house about a prior threat ? The father belongs in prison too.

[@randomdude571]

You obviously don't have all the information... He told his dad he was a "good boy," and his dad said he knew when to, and not to use a firearm. Those FBI dudes probably didn't know that when they were investigating him.

[@thekingatlarge]

I think parents should be held liable if you can prove a deliberate decision and/or action that could not have been made by the child through other means such as access to a parents vehicle and/or firearms. They should not be liable for their child accessing anything accessible illegally or legally by the general public. The standard should be set narrow like this to prevent misuse and abuse.

[@creatureslim]

My mom would be listening to why the fbi wants to talk with me while my dad beat the snot out of me in the other room, and then I'd be allowed to go talk to the fbi.

[@LaMorenitaDivina]

@@randomdude571I mean, if you can’t trust the judgment of someone already on the FBI shitlist, then who can you trust?

[@yasminenazarine1629]

The people living in America are dysfunctional rich middle class & poor this is not the first time shooting in school in public It's been many times By different rases

[@janegardener1662]

He named his child after a gun, gave him a gun for Christmas and ignored public threats his son made about using a gun at school. He deserves to be locked up.

[@spacemanspliff7983]

So did the FBI. What's your point?

[@AdamBlack-h9r]

@@spacemanspliff7983 The FBI bought the rifle for the kid? WOW...I didn't know that part.🤔

[@kweenz109]

@@spacemanspliff7983no they didn't. They investigated and couldn't prove it was him who made the post. This is on dad. What's your point?

[@spacemanspliff7983]

​@user-wt9it5zz2q No, they investigated and found a lack of evidence. Keep up, sweetie.

[@spacemanspliff7983]

​@@kweenz109 That people with a brain the size of yours shouldn't speak on the internet.

[@seancompton5393]

A lot of parents don't want anyone to tell them how to raise their children, but want to distance themselves when their children do something bad

[@victoriousgavi7736]

Entitled Parent: “You can’t tell me what to do! What? You can’t hold me accountable for my terrible choices!”

[@robinmiller5256]

Yep…no apologies from most parents.

[@aggierowe9574]

Exactly! There are people out there who still don’t understand why the dad got arrested!

[@justinstrong9595]

Why are you double spacing between words

[@oooh19]

Kids choose to do things though it’s not always the parents

[@NameRequiredSoHere]

The father isn't being charged because of some vague accusation of poor parenting, He ignored all the warning signs and bought his son a deadly weapon.

[@PAMELAPORTER-ci7mr]

He has more charges than the boy.

[@roberthooper8883]

@@PAMELAPORTER-ci7mr as he should. The father created all this.

[@robertlawrence9000]

Deadly weapon or made a son who was deadly? Guns don't kill people, people do.

[@pktdbgnzwl]

AND he lied to the sheriff.

[@simeonapajarillo6499]

The father is guilty

[@TheCatBilbo]

"My son may be disturbed & have an unhealthy obsession with mass shootings. He's 14 & has been bullied at school. Hmm, what on earth shall I buy him as a present?"...

[@WordtoGod]

A therapist

[@l.w.paradis2108]

A pony?

[@BridgetCafarella]

If he was bullied that is wrong but to kill innocent people because of being bullied or Mentally Ill should not mean you are not punished for your crimes.I was bullied throughout Junior high and High School, I had anxiety and depression,and would openly cry at school,Thankfully I had one teacher I could talk to and 3 good friends who helped me get through the hard times But what helped me the most is receiving counseling and finding out I had Bi Polar,Anxiety,and PTSD.For me medications helped I believe schools need to have qualified Counselors available for free to help kids.I also believe Anti Depressants and Anti Psychotics should be reasonably priced and free to those who.can not afford it.

[@PS-qn4oz]

@@BridgetCafarella The whole atmosphere of schools, that they can be emotionally abusive and toxic, needs to be addressed more clearly. Nothing justifies what this kid did, but he was often truant, did NOT want to go to school because it was a torment to him. At what point is it cruel to keep a child in school? Some kids would be better off in cyberschool, working from home. Some kids absolutely need that for their emotional and mental recovery from school trauma. If we empower kids this way, perhaps they won't feel so desperate and trapped that they need to take these extreme measures against their environment.

[@nightwithout-stars1951]

@@PS-qn4ozThe counter argument is that many of us were bullied, but we didn’t kill anyone.

[@FireSilver25]

One of my male cousins gave his 5 year old son a BB gun and let him use it unsupervised. Once he let the barrel swing in my direction and I took it away and put it in my car trunk. He had a meltdown. “YOU’RE NOT MY MOM!!!” “I don’t care, you could’ve shot me.” When his dad got home I had to give it back. That’s just mental. I can understand teaching kids to hunt and gun safety but to just arm them and turn them loose? CRAZY.

[@Gdji5fv]

*Hunting is no sport for kids!*

[@LukeSumIpsePatremTe]

You should have sued him. I'd fear of losing my eye.

[@annemarieritchie6741]

You can't sue without the actual loss but you could and should have reported the father to Child Protective Services.

[@lando8913]

Sounds like he DIDN'T teach him gun safety. When I was a kid learning those things my dad drilled into me such a healthy respect for firearms I was actually reluctant to hold one because if I made a mistake in how I carried it even I was in big trouble. He would regularly make my brother and I recite the 3 rules of gun safety.

[@zenzen1916]

I would have called social services.

[@passthetunaporfavor]

So sick of bad parents arming their disturbed children as some sort of therapy.

[@PB-dq9gi]

Sandy Hook murderer Adam Lanza's mother gave him an AR and took him to a shooting range. SHE was the first one he murdered. It's the innocent children, who died because of her irresponsibility and idiocy that I moourn.

[@Trobtwillis]

@@passthetunaporfavor #Me2! Does anyone remember the Little Monster Drew Golden? He and Monster Mitchel Johnson shot up a school in Jonesboro, Arkansas several years ago. They killed 4 students & a teacher. I am ashamed of the fact that I more often remember the perps' names than the victims' names. Drew was one of those kids whose parents armed him from an early age. He was 11 years old when he & 13 years old Mitch murdered those 5 people. 💔

[@user-nf4nh1gg5i]

So when is Chicago going to start locking up black parents?

[@Kat-tr2ig]

Disturbed SONS. Girls never do this. It's always a son.

[@theoddbox]

As someone who grew up around guns and went hunting as a kid, i kind of get it? Hunting can be very relaxing and therapeutic if youre into in to be in nature but it still involves killing, killing isn't the whole point of hunting and they shouldve put their guns in a different house (like my parents did) when he was unstable

[@rickoasisfan]

Stop having children if you can’t be proper parents‼️☠️

[@derkeheath5172]

That's why birth control should be free and easy for all to access, sex education should be taught in schools, and abortion should remain legal. Hard to blame a parent for having a kid when politicians do their damnedest to ensure that they have to.

[@kumaranvij]

@@derkeheath5172 Absolutely right! Made this comment a thousand times, and wasn't sure if mine was even able to be read by others, because I never got any likes or responses. Not that I need likes, but I sometimes wonder if the A word prevented it from being published.

[@fiyahriddims]

Stop having sex at the bars.......

[@astrladam4392]

So many people don’t understand that they have to grow and become better human beings once they have children.

[@pierregibson6699]

That part

[@USAFUser]

Most himan beings today have no business being parents at all .l recognized that in myself when I was 16 in 1976 .Now I'm 64 and I still haven't produced any offspring ...they should give me a tax break for that...but instead I'm considered weird or something .

[@The-Oneness11]

Well you probably should try to grow and become a better human whether you have children or not.

[@USAFUser]

@@The-Oneness11 You don't even have to do that .all anybody has to do is behave in public ,and leave others be .Mind your own business and everything will be fine. I just got back from Thailand. People do not get violent there .They don't flip each other off .They don't steal .They just smile at you and carry on about their business. You can do pretty much anything you want ,as long as you dont fuck with other people and be rude to them .

[@JohnathanFireeater]

@@The-Oneness11 I'm pretty sure that's indirectly implied lol...you just have even more obligation once you're directly responsible for others.

[@theprophetictype36]

Colt is responsible for what he did, but his father is responsible for buying him that weapon and also for neglecting to supervise HIS child.

[@irockuroll60]

Parents buys their 16 year old a car. 16 year old kills 3 people in a car wreck. Are the parents responsible? I don’t think the parent should be charged with the murder. The police/FBI should be held accountable as well since they investigated him.

[@techno56k]

​@@irockuroll60I've been seeing this analogy being used and it still doesn't make any sense to me. This isn't a kid with zero history and then suddenly shooting up a school. This is someone who's been investigated before. This is someone who's had a history of making threats. This kid clearly had red flags. So in the context of your analogy, yes, the parents should be charged if they give their 16-year-old a car with prior history of getting into car accidents, prior history of road rage but never getting a ticket Until it's too late and they killed innocent people.

[@cathylindeboo.9598]

And for failing to recognize his son's signs of mental illness.

[@user-kl8lo6rj5i]

And for not addressing bullying at school.

[@deannalassiter2088]

Both guilty.

[@QueenOfTheNorth65]

I’ve lost count of all the red flags Dr. Grande mentioned in this episode. What a totally senseless tragedy.😢

[@LOSTGPS]

when you're white you get the benefit of the doubt and that same leniency leads to this... Meanwhile, I get pulled over for not using a turn signal to park.

[@jvanek8512]

Which is why School Officials need to be prosecuted. They are responsible for the safety of everyone at the school and they failed miserably. They let a boy who was accused of making threats get up and leave class and then he comes back and does the act.

[@devilmaycry9969]

So much incompetence. Starting with the father and ending with the school. The school was getting threats and still opened for the day.

[@brianmeen2158]

There are millions of families out there right now with even more red flags - what are you going to do about it?

[@brianmeen2158]

@@jvanek8512. Yes but according to certain school officials - if they suspended every kid that made threats then they’d lose way too many students. I believe it

[@Shay.Zeigler]

Bullying be damned, bad parenting definitely played the biggest part in this situation. The shooter had a broken home and a mom who is a drug addict and jailbird. People always say kids need their father in their home. But in this case it was the father who gave him the gun. Children need BOTH of their parents to be responsible, supportive and active parents!

[@judithwilliams3147]

She was an alcoholic.

[@MJEvermore853]

@@judithwilliams3147and a meth head as well. When she was arrested recently, she was busted with a pipe and meth.

[@derkeheath5172]

@@judithwilliams3147 alcoholic = drug addict

[@Trobtwillis]

He wanted his son to take up firearms instead of video games. WTF?! How many people would the kid have killed while playing video games?! Whatever happened to baseball? How about fishing? Playing a musical instrument? Carpentry? When did everything come down to a choice between video games versus firearms?!

[@nickh.4917]

Yeah I was thinking that too. My Dad got me a dog one year.

[@KingKong_CH]

Dad is a simple man.

[@jillbowler3292]

Dad is an idiot.

[@raygunsforronnie847]

Well, there is at least one case of fatal "SWATting" that happened over a $1.50 wager on a video game, a fellow named Andrew Finch was killed by a cop when Finch stepped onto his porch to see what all the commotion outside was about. Finch had a rented home that had been previously occupied by one of the game players families, and when the online confrontation turned to "I'll kick your... where do you live?" the boy gave his opponent the former address, where Finch's family now lived. As to baseball, fishing, etc... there's no app for those so kids aren't interested. It's all about the 6 inch screen in their hands.

[@sparky6086]

@Trobtwillis Just a theory: Like his classmates, the dad may have thought, that Colt was gay too, so he pushed firearms onto him in a misguided attempt to "Make a man" out of him & "cure" his homosexuality (They're born that way, btw) Wanting to please his father; he went along with it (Even the most rebellious kids, want to please their parents most of the time). The pressure to not be gay from his simpleton dad, pushed him over the edge, so he went Postal. Wouldn't have happened, if the dad understood as we say in yhe South "That's just the way he is" & got him a barbie doll, rather than a rifle.

[@Samlovescornbread]

If a bartender can be held responsible for someone else causing a drunk driving incident, then yes, I think the parents should be charged. There needs to be verifiable effort on the parent’s part that they make an attempt to help their own child. Whether it’s therapy or simply locking your weapons up and NOT providing one to your CHILD. He wasn’t even the legal age to own one.

[@learobinson4450]

@Samlovescornbread. People are held legally liable when their dogs attack others so it should be the same with their minor children. When people know that their dog is aggressive & bites but they don’t properly confine & control that dog so that it attacks other animals or people then the dog’s owners are culpable. Same standard should be applied to parents. If a parent knows their child has mental & emotional problems & has made threats to harm others then the parents give the disturbed child a weapon they are legally responsible for the results & should be held accountable.

[@FuckPedophileBiden]

These shootings are going to skyrocket now so the kids can get back at their parents, and put them in prison.

[@JohnathanFireeater]

Yes. I can see this being quite tricky in the US legal system but there will be cases where it's correct to charge and convict parents.

[@user-dc6ut5uu3t]

There isno legal age to own one. I wish people would stop spreading misinformation.

[@zopEnglandzip]

You emphasize child in your comment yet Colt is being tried as an adult. If the father is burdening some of the blame then Colt is a child surely.

[@kristenhurst683]

The problem is that parents are not parents. They want to be friends. They give their children things rather than a moral compass. They don't hold their children accountable and frequently give authorities a hard time by defending bad behavior in school or in society.

[@elainecongo3827]

SO TRUE!

[@MikeHammer1]

I get what you are trying to say, but you are overgeneralizing. There are plenty of responsible parents.

[@reelfly]

I believe this is why there is a teacher shortage! No one wants to deal with these unruly kids, which stems from lack of parenting. It's unreal.

[@womanoffaith-jd3ut]

This also is a big problem because of the law, a parent can I control their children anymore you put a rod to their behind and the police comes out right away and who goes to jail the parents does so I don't think really is the parents fault it does start at home but if the parents have no control over the children because of the Lost situation then the children are lost and the parents are to blame don't give a child what they want give a child what they need which is guidance responsibilities chores and most of all they need to know the word of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ❤

[@PJ-px1le]

So many adults have become single parents in this generation and then make their kids their friends out of wanting to be liked because they’re empty inside and lonely from not having a significant other by their side so this isn’t a surprise by any means.. I see less and less established boundaries with parents and children as the years go by

[@apb38]

This should now be part of the literature said at gun purchase that if this weapon is purchased for a minor that you will be held responsible for the minors actions if a murder is involved. I bet it will make all parents think twice at the time of purchase.

[@feelthejoy]

I was gonna say I agree but then I remembered that minors should fucking have guns

[@shea5287]

The NRA would lose their collective mind

[@elizabethramsey9295]

In 1960 my ex husband’s 5th grade teacher told his parents he needed counseling. His mom was so incensed about that she said she had the teacher fired. But that didn’t stop him from carrying a gun in his back pack while attending a public high school in Palm Springs. And for Christmas of 1967 she bought him a M-16 carbine. Funny how he didn’t want to join the military but was keen to be a policeman so he could legally carry firearms. After several handgun misfires in our house I decided it was time to leave.

[@pixpusha]

You saved your life. I work in trauma. I can't tell you how many times people show up in the ER due to accidental GSW's with their own firearms. A firearm in the home makes habitants 3 times as likely to die from that weapon.

[@johnjeffrey3660]

@@pixpusha Yup and without one you’re 100% likely to die if you need to rely on police response in time. When seconds count, cops are minutes away…..

[@J55S]

@@pixpusha As likely to what?

[@KraftyKreator]

@@pixpushaI assume you mean 3x more likely to be shot by A firearm, not that particular firearm? Because obviously you won’t have that firearm at all if you have no firearms…

[@charlespeterson778]

You can't own a m16 without a special federal license

[@lisimc1]

He wanted his clearly mentally ill kid to play with guns instead of video games?? SMH

[@pierregibson6699]

That part

[@dalehalliday3578]

what ever happened to cycling or swimming or golf or ....

[@josephlacognata]

Baseball maybe?​@dalehalliday3578

[@ericbrooks4750]

Unfortunately they don't play outside anymore. We play kickball football baseball. We had Atari and intellivision. But we didn't stop playing outside. We were good to the street lights came on. When the street lights came on we had to be at home. I remember going out to play at 10 a.m. and not coming back to the street lights came on at 8:00. It's just sad. God bless the people that died and their families and the people that were hurt.

[@davidahamilton8195]

In Georgia it's a sign of weakness to have mental health issues. It's a sign of manhood to be able to shoot a deer. Georgia sorely needs healthcare for all and they desperately need smaller class sizes and smaller schools sizes. We're warehousing the elderly and the kids. Everyone feels like a number and not part of a community. People who are gay are constantly bombarded with hate because it's a sin against God. How does a child process that???? When even the coaches are picking on them for being different. How can a child thrive in a society like this? Christian nationalists are destroying the south. It's tragic and could have been avoided if it wasn't cool to be a bully like the former president of the United States.

[@lfairchild002]

My kid is fourteen, straight As, never in trouble, no ‘red flags’ other than the expected frustration when reminded to do chores. I would not even consider giving her access to our firearms, much less give her one of her own for no other reason than teenagers are know to be impulsive.

[@elosoguapo8137]

@@lfairchild002 This is one of the main reasons you’ll avoid being on Dr. Grande’s channel…that’s not a diagnosis, but only my opinion in this case.

[@user-zp3oz7op6w]

Same with me when my son was a teenager because we are responsible, loving parents. Thank you!

[@cmmm-p1b]

goody for you. you get a cookie

[@gloriataylor-johnson233]

Thank you Dr Grande ... Your analysis and conclusion are quite in place. Wreckless parenting should be held accountable. Train up a child, responsibly

[@stevenhard3961]

The father giving the kid THAT rifle AFTER the kid had made threats earlier and had a police visit is in itself criminal. Any kid 14 shouldnt have that gun.

[@MrFraiche]

The "It's my right" attitude gone wrong.

[@terryKessler42719]

No kid, at any age should have that gun…

[@abelis644]

​@terryKessler42719 Agreed. But then, I'm Canadian. We've had 18 school shootings in Canada... since 1884, 140 years ago. The US has had 12, since September 1st...

[@Swayinginfebreeze]

*nobody, at​ any age should have that gun @@terryKessler42719

[@FerchBran]

@@abelis644Australia has had one school shooting in its entire history where the perpetrator only shot at a building and didn’t harm anyone. Feel very lucky and safe here

[@tormentorxl2732]

The boy was troubled and his parents knew that. The dad is obviously responsible after giving a troubled child access to firearms.

[@geoffhipwell2198]

Okay...Who put the big cactus infront of the lamp this time?? 🌵

[@bigalsnow8199]

The father should have known better...but like most parents...he chose to believe his beloved. The parents of the bullies almost always do 2 things 1. They arrogantly defend their children as " innocent, good boys and girls" 2. They then ignore the problem, refusing to investigate further. We as a society ignore bullying until its far too late 😔 Then we spring to life ( after the fact) calling the shooter's monsters and demanding punishment of their families for ignoring a troubled kid and pretending that the bullies and their families were blameless.

[@Trobtwillis]

@@geoffhipwell2198 Yeah, that's the critical matter on which to focus. L.O.L.! 😂🗯️

[@Trobtwillis]

@@tormentorxl2732 Reminds me so much of the Crumbley Case. 💔

[@tvigil880]

​​​@@bigalsnow8199 I completely agree. Nobody talks about the root of the problem, which is "bullying". It's been the cause in too many cases. I'm sure if more victims had guns, there would be more school shootings. Also, it's my opinion that a lot of bullies learn bullying FROM THEIR PARENTS... either by how their parents treat their children or other people (or both).

[@anneflynn9614]

Colt's mother has a serious addiction problem, including meth.Yet the system gave her custody of the couple's two younger children. I think child protective services and judges need to make much better decisions when it comes to removing children from dysfunctional families.

[@charletteseaver5923]

there are not even any healthy living alternatives to be had for most children being raised in emotionally unstable environments, or in situations of extreme resource depravation and in many cases this will include outright physical abuse..even if removed from a family they probably need a lot of different types of support and recovery..which is not available..in this country we only care that they be born, not that they be cared for..and this is a cycle, parent to child that reciprocates across the generations..and the cheap and wide spread availability of dangerous and debilitating drugs is just one more complicating factor

[@devilmaycry9969]

She left and gave up her rights back in 2022..She knew she wasn't a good mom.

[@ursulatroxler7428]

CPS and the American judicial system has Never Cared about children or disabled people or elderly.

[@dixztube]

Wow

[@brigittebeltran6701]

That's very true and tragic....Very corrupt and liberal judges handing children back to dangerous parent(s). 😢

[@chickenmama823]

Sadly this boy never really stood a chance. His parents failed him and his siblings

[@christophermarcone5504]

Underrated comment

[@STho205]

Could you say the same thing about others in troubled or biased households...Hitler or Goering perhaps...The James Gang...several serial killers? Can we not all blame our heritage for any sins if we chose to do so? Kid did evil, kid is evil, it has to be stopped somewhere...now it will be if they never get out of jail.

[@aqualady0]

Why is he not diagnosed with mental illness? Kid will.live in a hospital not jail if they have a good lawyer.

[@marisamartin3664]

Even a 14 yr-old is a human with reasoning and understanding of right and wrong. It cannot be accepted and rationalized.

[@theresehopkins1581]

The child was begging for help and his extended family did nothing....😕 That is unacceptable. I work with a wonderful man, whose wife and he, legally adopted their grandchildren.... when your kids have problems, you step up. That's what good people do!!❤

[@alegranaghi]

Exactly, the whole family failed him

[@nancydrew1882]

I agree! They need to shut up at this point.

[@3limabean]

Yeah, the guns are the problem. point. blank. period.

[@IvanKristiansen]

The society failed.The Family should not have rights to have guns.

[@3limabean]

IT IS THE GUNS, this is a uniquely American problem. The rest of the civilized world has gun control for public safety. Wake up

[@ShadeNinja2990]

I think we need to hold the parents accountable, it’s not really difficult at all to come to that conclusion.

[@basedboomer5912]

That's slippery slope. They borrow your car & go drinking & kill someone should you be arrested if it can be proven you knew they drank? Or they're disturbed & borrow your kitchen knife? It seems to me they put you in jail if you discipline them & then want you to be responsible for all of their actions. Can't have it both ways.

[@devilmaycry9969]

So the school got a call that morning that it was going to be attacked?! Why the HELL did they not cancel classes then??!

[@bottomsupbarmaid1987]

They don’t want to lose out on the $ they get for each kids attendance for the day.

[@BryonaBowie]

@@bottomsupbarmaid1987that’s so sad 😞

[@BryonaBowie]

This!!

[@rosered6876]

Just like the in all the other cases it a cascade of failures.

[@aj.j5833]

No one wants take responsibility for anything anymore as adults and want children to be only ones to be responsible, while being severely ill prepared to be by the adults in their lives.

[@DrTune]

the whole second half of this video was well explored and thought provoking, thank you Dr Grande - that one was quite an eye-opener.

[@NOREMAC007]

To say the father enabled his son is an understatement. Both the father and son deserve life in prison.

[@madusonkeeper]

In the same one !

[@kellyaustin7487]

​@@madusonkeeperSame cell.

[@mkp3824]

No, he doesn't.

[@williamyoung9401]

The kid did a terrible thing, but the kid is still only 14. The mentality of throwing a child away when they do something bad is one of the major problems with America.

[@kazzer115]

What about the mother - who also enabled it all? She hooked up with evil father after all.

[@bubba99009]

I heard that guy actually posted images of his dad's guns on social media in connection with his shooting threat which would totally impeach the "he doesn't have unsupervised access" and "my account was hacked" arguments. This guy's dad really deserves to go to prison.

[@martinwhite418]

What does "I heard" mean?

[@bubba99009]

@@martinwhite418 News reports said that the social media threats came with pictures of his dad's gun collection. Is it true? Who the hell can tell these days. I guess we might find out during the trial.

[@raygunsforronnie847]

@@martinwhite418 "Somebody at work mentioned they'd heard it for their brother's uncle's sister's daddy, who was in Alabama at the time." Or it could have been something on broadcast or online news. If you're really interest you might try a web search.

[@rtqii]

@@martinwhite418 I read a report from a local Georgia station that interviewed a detective off the record. They said that Colt was read his miranda rights and he immediately took credit and began singing like a canary. During his confession he directly implicated his father. They were quoting Colt from his first interview with detectives: "I did it!"

[@shimmer8289]

The kid had a VPN that can make it look your account is in anywhere in the world. The FBI should be aware these are available to people now. His dad probably got him that as well.

[@maricellarodriguez7653]

“The parents are going to join their children in jail. One could think of it as a novel initiative to keep families together” 😂

[@HelenKistler]

Several reporters have claimed that the boy's mother called the school counselor before the shooting occurred.

[@garrettgiles9509]

I would have liked but 69 likes

[@frankcano5359]

There is no accountability in this society..until you do something so heinous like this. Very bad way of living in a country.

[@erob1962]

😂😂😂

[@maryann7619]

I think you ROCK Dr. Todd!!! Your steady, calm voice explains things logically and step-by-step. Not charged with hysteria. That makes it easier for me to formulate and defend my opinions. 🧐

[@Throndl]

"He was on our RADAR." - FBI, after literally every school shooting.

[@naijarach]

You notice that too. I think the FBI needs to revisit how they’re handling these potential risks.

[@seanberthiaume8240]

Like Stoneman Douglas! The police were @ the residence 39 TIMES as well as the FBI being contacted TWICE! FACT!

[@laura121684]

I mean, I kinda understand what they're saying. It's the legal system, so it's not about what you know, it's about what you can prove, and they couldn't prove that he made those earlier threats. With the circumstances being what they were, if the facts of the case were/are as Dr Grande stated, I don't know that there's much they could've done differently. There's a ton that Colt's father could've done differently, though. All of the signs were there.

[@CardsFan6969]

I mean, he was. They visited his home to warn his father and his father defended his son and then bought his son a gun.

[@laura121684]

@@CardsFan6969 I think you said what I meant more eloquently than I could've done.

[@StarTrekLivz]

I live in Detroit Michigan. The Crumleys didn't just allow their son "access" to a gun. They GAVE him the gun, as an early Christmas present. He owned the gun that he used to murder the students in his school, which he received as a gift from his parents, in spite of manifest warnings of his instability. This led to the conviction in court of the parents. That was the basis of the case against the parents: they didn't merely make weapons available, they gave their son the gun he used in the murders.

[@joycewright5386]

I read that in Georgia it is legal for a minor to own a gun. If that is true I don’t understand how Dad can be charged.

[@eisel1313]

​@joycewright5386 In the US, if you commit a felony offense, and someone commits another crime in connection to your crime, (for example, if you drunk drive someone to the shop, and leave them there, and they commit armed robbery while you're driving away) you're just as liable for their crime as the perpetrator would be. In this case, it's probably a lack of gun license, the specific gun, or the age of the shooter that made owning the gun illegal. Hence making the father just as responsible for the shooting in the eyes of law (felony murder, is the name).

[@rl318]

@@joycewright5386 Have you heard about the law requiring bars to be held responsible if patrons who are allowed to leave with their cars while intoxicated get into a car accident? It is called being an accessory before the fact.

[@Thomas-yw9eo]

Like that saying," With great power comes great responsibility." I wouldn't give my kids unsupervised access to my guns anymore than to my car keys. Because habitually did stupid things till my 20s.

[@CharliesDaughter]

exactly -- the other day my boss and I were remarking how we are amazed how we even survived into our 50s due to the dangerous, reckless, stupid things we did as teens and early 20 somethings, that seemed perfectly 'ok at the time'...sheesh

[@esteemedmortal5917]

💯 Even if I had kids and they were happy and well-adjusted, I wouldn’t give them access to guns or a high performance car. When people are younger than 25, they are very unlikely to adequately appreciate how fragile life is. They may be smart or mature in some respects, but that doesn’t mean they won’t speed or experiment on what items are bullet proof or not. It’s just a bad idea.

[@oakmaiden2133]

Agrees to all, I’m amazed I lived through my youth😅

[@EverAppl14]

People's brains are not even finished maturing ethically until age 25.

[@jlllx]

@@EverAppl14 35 from the latest research

[@rosalynbrown1613]

The parents are liable. They were endangering everyone that their son came in contact with. Who buys an obviously disturbed child a high powered weapon?!

[@dianemorton2222]

Why was Colt not getting therapy? The mother was an alcoholic and used drugs. The family needed therapy.

[@nancymcmonarch]

Because the Dad was the dullest knife in the drawer, the FBI guy didn't think to call CPS, and the neighbors who heard all the yelling and kept seeing her passed out didn't care enough about those kids to call the cops.

[@lemondropkid6175]

They have to agree to it, the family were evicted and left behind 2 dogs, family photos and a cross bow. Kids are learning about their emotions, without guidance they can get overwhelmed.

[@julybliss4440]

As in my case therpay was only for trying to provoke negative behavior by sending social worker to sa me then when that didn't provoke bad intentions, the same soc worker girl mutilated my cat thinking bc I stated on social media how people had been harming my pets in past made me hate people, would cause mental break. Now I have physcial health symptoms that will last for life, a manipulated daughter at hands of therapy, and mutilated pet buried with my others. And blocked from investigation and laughed by authorities like it's my fault all this happened. Never mind I raised my daughter solo for 17 yrs since her mother evaded support bc of sexist prosecutors.

[@julybliss4440]

@@justathoughttt wish you luck through your hardship by our system. I know I'm not the only one. Many in this fb group were also screwed. Like sent to prison or had there family attacked how my cat was. There is some really sick crap going at the hand of authorities and politicians. worse was I voted for the dems last election Only bc I dont like the same leader ever getting second term. The fb political group that sent soc worker was created by local dems. This isn't first time I have been screwed to this degree by officials and authorities. This is First time I have had politicians be so directly involved in it though.

[@GrumpyYank26]

Add that when your kid asks for help, believe them and help them. Parenting 101.

[@lisamac8503]

How are these people going to give their child help when THEY need help?

[@xonx209]

I'm sure the dad thought buying his son a therapy gun would help, just like therapy dogs.

[@zellipa]

@@xonx209 bwahaha

[@cassiefuchs3657]

You do realise therapy costs money right?

[@GrumpyYank26]

@@lisamac8503 agree 100% they are unfit parents. It is really sad, imo. Glad the dad is being held accountable. He seems like a little boy in a mans body. Ugh.

[@loiskondo8349]

Along with teaching people their rights we need to teach responsibility. Thank you Dr. Grande for your video.

[@lisamac8503]

and compassion for all life

[@robbieross6646]

Parents of any youth under the age of 18 who are convicted of a crime should also be charged and prosecuted. Our society is suffering from an abdication of parental responsibility, teaching and mentoring of their own children.

[@frankmaze1972]

I was raised by a Green Beret who drilled gun safety into our brains from a very young age, we weren't allowed to point toy guns at each other without getting a serious whupping. Got my BB gun at age 6, 22 at age 8, 12 gauge at age 10. I'm 52 now, have had guns all my life and have NEVER had an incident or "close call" with a gun. It's called responsible parenting.

[@robertjones2811]

My dad made me wait until I was 15 to buy an AK-47. I’ve still not forgotten him.

[@joymyers5771]

raised by a vet and taught to respect guns

[@siewheilou399]

22 at 8?!

[@rhabdob3895]

Same (Not the green beret part). But Grampa revoked my shooting card for the season after I flagged the boat bottom, unloaded, while duck hunting. Never happened again, I’ll tell you.

[@tinam761]

@@siewheilou399it quite common in gun safe families. You don’t hear about it, because they are safe. I grew up in So. Cal. And therefore I was TOTALLY against gun ownership. And then I married into a Texas family and got ti observe my family and many people in Texas being safe with guns. And giving very young kids guns and teaching them gun safety. I’m so happy my in-laws taught my son gun safety. He didn’t have a gun if his own, he did get to shoot targets and “go hunting” and he learned to utmost respect for guns … which most 8 yr old that get a gun learn. They’ve been giving guns to kids at age 5 forever in Texas … they also do it supervised and safe. It doesn’t make the news because no one cares that you taught your kid gun safety. N

[@amber40494]

So glad parents are being held accountable.

[@FuckPedophileBiden]

These shootings are going to skyrocket now so the kids can get back at their parents, and put them in prison.

[@r.j.martin1818]

A lot of hood rat parents aren't going to be happy to hear about that.

[@KingMercury]

If your son considers you his “arch enemy”, don’t buy him a gun. 🧐

[@zellipa]

just ask Adam Lanza's mom . . .

[@judileeming1589]

My father was a WW2 vet and taught all the children how to use a rifle. I was hopeless, couldn’t hit a target and never joined them on their hunting trips but, I still got the full lessons, breaking down a rifle, cleaning and storage. Storage involved the gun being broken down at all times and only my father knowing where the ammunition was stored. When my brothers grew up and started their own families my father went to the home of one of my brothers when his marriage was breaking down and removed the rifles and ammunition into his safe keeping until everything was sorted out and he was sure my brother was in a calm state. My father believed that an ounce of prevention is more valuable than a pound of regret.

[@ambergriffes6122]

Good morning, Dr. Grande! Thank you for analyzing this horrific case!

[@wildmountainthyme4123]

Glad to know that the father has been arrested and will be held accountable too.

[@FuckPedophileBiden]

These shootings are going to skyrocket now so the kids can get back at their parents, and put them in prison.

[@alanjswanner844]

So true. There is MUCH more going on than a boy having access to guns. I went to a rural school in the 70’s. Most vehicles had fire arms in them on school grounds. Hunting and shooting guns was something we did. NO school was EVER shot up. I don’t even remember a single person shot out of anger. This wasn’t just my school but HUNDREDS in the south. I think it’s time to look at our culture. For one thing, our own government is pushing for people to feel like a racist, homophobic, anti white, anti old, anti young….etc!!! Not to mention most kids by age 15 have killed THOUSANDS of AI generated people made to look and feel as real as possible! What does this do to developing brains???? Stop blaming guns, start looking at bad government, bad parents, bad games and not love for God and our fellow human beings!!

[@clayton56tube]

how about the teachers that allowed the bullying, and the media figures bombarding him with dramatic stories? I didn't think so.

[@NoNonsense316]

FBI: Keep your guns secure. Don't let Colt access firearms unsupervised. Dad: Here's your very own rifle, son. Merry Christmas! Dad needs to locked up as much as the son.

[@ragnardanneskjold7675]

Father of the year for sure.

[@JLynn88888]

Dad is a narcissist

[@esteemedmortal5917]

And what kind of bullshit is ‘I want him to get into guns instead of video games?’ The only way people die directly as a result of video games is if they are so stationary that they develop blood clots or neglect their basic needs.

[@zellipa]

shades of Sandy Hook

[@tristan583]

You can’t have gun rights in a country without these incidents in repetitive ways, it’s impossible, how do l know ? I know human nature . It’s as simple as that

[@annalieb2075]

I feel the most sad for those who lost their lives and their families of course. But i also feel sad for Colt. What he did was unforgivable. But his childhood was horrible and twisted, he reached out for help so many times and no one seem to care. Thats so painful to a child. Girls usually turn the pain internally (ie self harm, suicide etc) while boys act out. Colt acted out in the worst way possible, but he is not the only one guilty here.

[@cdiarra]

4:43 “his classmates made fun of him because they thought he was gay. He started to become flustered under pressure and not think straight”. Dr. Grande is a genius for this 🤣🤣🤣

[@merrilee1000]

@cdiarra Missed that one completely! 😊

[@BryonaBowie]

Genius about a fact?

[@matchahorchata5404]

​@@BryonaBowiehe made a pun. Read the comment

[@quaver1239]

@@merrilee1000: I also missed it! 😅😊

[@LazyIRanch]

Dr. Grande is a master of double entendre! I was not surprised to learn that Bob Newhart was a comedian who he admired and learned from.

[@jemrosekoontz189]

With parents like these, no wonder the boy is in big trouble.

[@frankeckdall4577]

My father was the County Attorney. I grew up literally surrounded by many guns that were immediately accessible. It never occurred to me to kill my classmates or anyone else.

[@ragnardanneskjold7675]

because you’re not insane.

[@aj.j5833]

That is because you had a supporting community and while you in school you didn't have "zero tolerance for bullying" rules, which only protects the bullied and put all blame on the bullied for being bullied further isolating them and teachers also participate in the bullying as well.

[@stratafm]

Different conditions garner different results.

[@IvanKristiansen]

you were not bullied in school

[@yellowmellow4753]

@@IvanKristiansenthat is not an excuse or justification at all. Lots of people were bullied at school and didn’t do this!!

[@bgets1522]

Thank you for your videos, just straight to the facts laid out in a nice easy to follow no extra fluff. Thank you for your work.

[@nickh.4917]

I’m of two minds. On one hand, parents generally try to do a good job. But all parents know that we can’t control everything our kids do, either good or bad. On the other hand, what was this father thinking? The police showed up and said we think your son may shoot up a school and he buys the kid an assault rifle for Christmas. How could he not see the danger? Even if he didn’t believe his son threatened anyone, why would he take the risk?

[@whalesong999]

He must have a disabled conscience, avoids taking responsibility. It's not easy to stand accountable, even when you know you're innocent - guilt is in society's workings, even when it's false. The more sensitive a person is, the more apt to feel and have to deal with it as a part of life.

[@rosered6876]

What responsible parent gives an AR 15 to a 14 year old ?? That's the most idiotic thing I've ever heard!

[@JLynn88888]

His father is a narcissist

[@Jaan-cs4rs]

'Murica - that's why! Guns, guns, guns...! Freedom freedom freedom.... (so dumb)... The 2nd amendment made a lot more sense when the "enemy" lived on another continent .... mixed feelings on all that. That's another conversation all together.

[@sparky6086]

Just a theory: Like his classmates, the dad may have thought, that Colt was gay too, so he pushed firearms onto him in a misguided attempt to "Make a man" out of him & "cure" his homosexuality (They're born that way btw & like most, are decent people doing their part in society) Wanting to please his father; he went along with it (Even the most rebellious kids, want to please their parents most of the time). The pressure to not be gay from his simpleton dad, pushed him over the edge, so he went Postal. Wouldn't have happened, if the dad understood as we say in yhe South "That's just the way he is" & got him a barbie doll, rather than a rifle.

[@t-fizzle3245]

Knowing their parents will be sent to prison might just be one more motivating factor for these disturbed individuals.

[@Dan-d9v]

I doubt it, being that they are disturbed.

[@anneflynn9614]

However, it may also motivate some parents to be more responsible with their guns.

[@Propfaqs]

And what if the children are also in therapy? Prosecute the therapists as well? Look. I think the message is clear. Do not own guns. Do not keep guns in your home. Or… just don’t have kids. One or the other because who can vouch 100% for his/her child’s maturity? Maturity around weapons? Nobody.

[@spectre661]

Along with cars, alcohol, drugs, ..... bubblewrap anyone?

[@giabarrone7422]

@@Propfaqs if a therapist is buying guns for their homicidal clients they should absolutely be in prison too.

[@bi0lizard1]

Accessing mental health treatment can feel overwhelming and exhausting. As a parent of a troubled teen, I understand the challenges firsthand. My son resisted help, and despite my efforts, no one could compel him to seek treatment. His behavior spiraled, leading him into drug and alcohol abuse. It wasn’t until he was arrested-thankfully not in a mass shooting incident-that the court mandated his admission to an inpatient mental health and rehab facility. Only then did he begin to show signs of improvement. At one point, I had nearly lost hope, fearing he might succumb to an overdose, become involved in criminal activities, or end up in jail. He did serve some time but was given the opportunity for rehabilitation through a plea bargain. I wouldn’t wish this nightmare on any parent. Having navigated similar hardships, I feel nothing but sadness and empathy for other fathers facing the same situation. It’s a truly impossible task that few can fully understand.

[@marilena7848]

I have nothing but deep sympathy for parents like you. There are many stories out there of parents who know their kid is "off" but, as hard as they try, they can't find help. Some even know the kid is dangerous but their concerns are dismissed. These parents do everything they can --- and they DON'T hand their kid a loaded AR-15.

[@diletante6800]

True and totally hear you . And would you buy that child a gun

[@Picsio64]

I completely understand where you are coming from and agree that it is indeed sad. However this particular father does not deserve our empathy. He allowed evil to invade his mind when he gifted the rifle to his son. It would be no different than you handing your son a big bag of pills and a case of whiskey. I doubt you did that even when you had lost hope. You are not the same.

[@MusgraveRitual]

Completely understandable, but you didn't buy your obviously troubled son a gun, or, as in that other case Dr. Grande mentioned, given him the keys to a new BMW. In these cases, it is obvious parents are major contributors to the crime and should be held responsible. In the shooter's case, it sounds like parents should have been in jail already anyway; at least mother for sure.

[@hilaryb8807]

The nightmare was this father’s own making- instead of helping his sick son, he gave his mentally ill child an assault rifle.

[@brandonllwyd]

WAY more information than any media outlets!!! Thank you. Your analysis is FAR less opinionated than most media.

[@megleland6320]

Adam Lanza's mom also pretended her son didn't have serious "issues", and bought him guns despite the warning signs that all was not right, and refused to get him appropriate mental health help when warned that the boy was in trouble.

[@LKre-vi5oq]

Complete BS. You should check your facts before posting your lies. His mother and father did everything they could to get him well. Despite the fact the father had left the family. From counselors to meds and etc... They knew he was sick.

[@redraiderrider3289]

It's been proven that lanza didn't even exist. So.....

[@megleland6320]

@@redraiderrider3289 Get off my comment, alex jones, I know all your alts.

[@megleland6320]

@@LKre-vi5oq Then why did his mom let him fall into deeper isolation, stop seeing his mental health team, cut his own father (who prior been around every weekend) out of his life, and keep an arsenal of weapons in her home, despite the warnings from teachers since 5th grade about his violent writings? I am not lying, (saying something I know to be untrue)...I based what I said on the facts as they have been released. There were a tonne of red flags that should have told his mom encouraging his obsession with guns was a poor choice. The young man was deeply troubled and told her how unhappy he was, yet she brought guns in the house. Suicide prevention should have been at the forefront of her mind, yet she went to the range with him and had thousands of rounds of ammo left unsecured around her home, and a gun safe in her troubled son's room, according to contemporaneous police reports.

[@megleland6320]

@@redraiderrider3289 Get Sued, Alex

[@sheilajackson5601]

I had a little plaque over my children's crib. "Children Live What They Learn". Now they're responsible, loving, and mature adults.

[@williamyoung9401]

You must be VERY proud of yourself.

[@judithwilliams3147]

It's no mean thing to raise loving and responsible adults. Nice sentiment to grow up with.

[@j.jwhitty5861]

Money sees Monkey does.

[@sheilajackson5601]

​@@williamyoung9401NO, I'm proud of them. I just guided them, & they took it from there. I was a loving PARENT 1st, & now I can also be their friend.

[@ashurmom2969]

I grew up in a house full of guns (my dad was a cop) and we were taught very early on that we were not to touch them… when I was in high school a new friend came over, saw my dad’s gun laying on the kitchen table and picked it up. We all hit the ground immediately, it was the only time my mom yelled at any of our friends. My friend was mortified and after that my dad locked up everything in the house because he finally realized that all parents didn’t teach basic gun safety to their kids, this was in the 1980’s

[@dickottel]

tbh you never should have seen that gun on the table, even if you were taught to never touch it. parents never know their children 100%, you might have had a stupid idea, you were a kid. a policeman should be more responsible. 🙃

[@legitbeans9078]

Leaving a loaded gun lying on the kitchen table is ridiculously irresponsible in any case.

[@DanielCarrillo-qh9li]

Dr G, that was probably the best comment I've heard you - as a father to 8 and grandfather to 17 I completely agree with you on parental responsibility.

[@neftalitran3789]

My grandparents had a gun that hung above door way. When we the grandkids showed up grandpa took it down and locked it up. That was 50 years ago. There was no law. They had common sense.

[@jaywan5553]

If there was ever a case of parents being responsible, this is it.

[@jacsnana7746]

I am a 74 year old woman. My father gave me a 22 rifle when I was 8 years old. He taught me safety and I used it when walking in the woods or pastures at my grandmothers farm with my father in case of dangers. It never occured to me to use it to kill anything without cause. In those days there were gray wolves, wild hogs and venomous snakes in the woods and ponds. Thankfully, I never had to use it except for target practice. It is not the weapon, it is the human. This human didnt need a weapon, he needed real parents.

[@ursodermatt8809]

but, i am just wondering why in other countries that have venomous snakes, wild hogs, etc, you do not need to be armed to make it through your life.

[@opheliadeclines]

Our ability to learn those skills in a different time, under different pressures, isn't transferable to modern teens. Thank you for not playing "well i shoot and I never killed anybody, blame not the weapon" instead of the availability of overkill.

[@clarissa-xd9iu]

@@ursodermatt8809 And they quite often get killed as a result. 🤗

[@meeshmeeshelle6326]

@@ursodermatt8809and those countries are enslaved to their corrupt governments with little to no freedoms. If you don’t like America, go live in one of the countries you described. Otherwise, your opinion is unwelcome.

[@RobertMoore-ie7dw]

And he needed therapy

[@TeknoMediumsParanormal1111]

Between bullying and a home life wherevMom was being abused by Dad for 14 years (the boys whole life) I find the Father is COMPLETELY guilty in training up a killer, imo. The boy knew right from wrong because he texted Mom and apologized. So so sad.

[@MJEvermore853]

“Being abused by dad” is total BS. That mother is extremely messed up.. violent, manipulative and neglected those kids and even locked them outside of the house in freezing weather, with the kids banging on the door crying to be let in. Her parents are just as bad by pushing the blame for everything away from her and themselves and onto those where it shouldn’t belong

[@joan-lisa-smith]

With all a person's life mildstones, especially a child's growing up, if your "best day ever" with them is the day your son killed something, even a deer, it says a lot about their lives and is a red flag.

[@pierregibson6699]

That part

[@chasehedges6775]

💯👍👍

[@JoJo-Wilcocks]

Absolutely

[@cmmm-p1b]

oh bulllshit. othey had a father son outing. lots of places in the states its a rite of passage.nothing wrong with it. can you get a little more smug and sanctimonious?

[@annebalderston2520]

Can you get any more insensitive and lacking in compassion for God’s creatures?

[@cybernightzero5891]

20 years ago, when I was in college, my environmental Science professor said we should sterilize people. I thought that was messed up, wrong, very wrong. I thought he was nuts. Since then, a lot of these parents have proved him right.

[@nathanfoss2838]

Expand on that, how have they proven that people should be sterilized?

[@nathanfoss2838]

Explain yourself more - you probably don't actually believe that and probably can't articulate why you would believe that.

[@cybernightzero5891]

@@nathanfoss2838 fair enough. What I'm saying here is essentially hyperbole. No I don't really believe in sterilization but when people act irresponsibly they do present a good argument for it.

[@nathanfoss2838]

​@@cybernightzero5891 and what would that argument be?

[@cybernightzero5891]

@@nathanfoss2838 the argument in favor of sterilization. Like I said I still abhor such an idea. But when parents buy guns for their mentally ill minor child they make what my environmental science professor proposed look good.

[@Pa-we1lw]

I knew you would review this case. Thanks Dr. Grande.

[@carausiuscaesar5672]

Condolences from Canada about this shooting and the victims.🇨🇦

[@brianmuhlingBUM]

Great, clear narrative Todd! No doubt a good mike. Always enjoy your programs.

[@franceslynch8815]

Showing someone a photo of your child with animal blood on their face is disturbing. Saying hunting together was the best day of your lives is baffling. But bringing your child out to kill a sentient being is deranged. This boy doesn't seem to have had many chances to develop intuitive empathy, one of our greatest human skills. Very distressing story.

[@iswm]

then nature is deranged I guess. we're carnivores. accept reality and move on instead of trying to project your feminine weakness onto men.

[@lindacarlson6887]

Come from a long family history of deer hunting and I’ve never heard of blood on the face. There is something wicked or sinister there. All the hunters I’ve ever known have been appreciative of the animals fall, to feed the family

[@maskedrebel9670]

Hunting is not deranged. Teaching your child to hunt isn't either.

[@mcb00]

​@@maskedrebel9670it's more the way the dad approached hunting. Why would you put blood on your face if not to celebrate you killed? It's not the hunting itself, but the motive behind it. If the dad was trying to take the kid away from unhealthy thoughts and lifestyles, celebrating killing was not the way. Would have been different if he had used it as a way to teach patience, responsibility, discipline, respect for others, including the killed animals. It was exactly the opposite, based on that pic.

[@12e_1]

I neever understood why someone could be proud killing a Life.

[@helanna9843]

I'm sorry this happened to everyone involved but....I don't think society should ever be put at risk by allowing this father or son returned to society. We deserve to be protected from this level of violence.

[@Defender78]

All this talk about AR15 that are good for home defense, it's a fact that AR15s kill more people in mass shootings than when they are used in home defense situations

[@theresedavis2526]

Then vote for common sense gun laws!

[@John_Redcorn_]

@@theresedavis2526can you define what ‘common sence’ gun laws means? Or are you just spouting far left dog whistles?

[@gaymichaelis7581]

Very good analysis!! Thank you very much and love to you and your family and anyone else that’s helped put this on KZbin!!!! ❤🙏😇👍🤟😊

[@dennetoregon]

I'm impressed with how Dr. G, grinds out these videos. Probably my favorite KZbin channel.

[@maryannmorgan9846]

You'd have thought the FBI could figure out if an account had been hacked or not.....

[@helenfong3339]

Yep! They dropped the ball.

[@raygunsforronnie847]

Maybe. That they went to the family and interviewed the boy pretty much says they thought the boy made the threats that were reported.

[@col.greasebagmcqueen9933]

They're too busy working on the political agenda.

[@mrwdpkr5851]

Especialy since they were the ones who hacked it .

[@matthaeusprime6343]

Or it was the FBI that was behind this whole thing. Notice this happened in a Dem controlled state just before an election.

[@Zakarias-b2g]

Lots of lives lost or destroyed. A 14 year old does not need any kind of gun.

[@GH-oi2jf]

That's about the age boys first handled firearms where I come from, typically a .22 rifle. I took the safety course at 14 or 15, then would go out with a friend now and then for target shooting. It never occurred to us to hurt anybody. Handling a firearm was a serious responsibility.

[@sparky6086]

​@@GH-oi2jfTrue in many areas. Parents should know, whether their kid would be responsible or not. Dad routinely went bird hunting by himself with a shotgun, that he could barely lift up to fire, when he was 8 years old in the mid 1930's. If he was some weirdo, his parents never would have allowed it. Most, if not all the time, it's obvious. If your kid's a weirdo, don't give him access to firearms!

[@debrjackson7431]

A 14 year old boy who goes deer hunting with his dad knows abt guns. In rural ga and other states, it is a fairly common practice for a father and son (s) and daughters to go deer hunting, to go on turkey shoots etc. Deer hunting especially is part of the culture and its obvious this was why the gun was purchased. (Just like in countries that still honour the 'fox hunt') there is a pic of the child with blood on his cheeks. This is a tradition (like it or not) I don't, but venison is a popular meat in ga. And other southern communitìes. Blood on the boys cheeks symbols his 1st kill . In England and other European countries it is symbolic of a young boys 1st successful fox hunt. These are activities that are practiced all over the globe. In different cultures and countries. HUNTING is why&how humans have survived . They didn't have a McDonald's on every corner Thousands of years ago. When fathers teach children hunting It is a rite of passage or for food. I don't see ANY malice. No intent to teach his son how to cause harm. This father showed his child how to handle a weapon safely, I do NOT see a dad who taught his child how to cause or inflict/influence harm to another person. In fact he did the opposite. This is a govt who wants to prosecute a parent for NOT KNOWING EXACTLY what his child was doing/ THINKING every second of every day. If a parent knows what their child is doing going to do or thinking about and our govt holds parents accountable for their actions, from the mundane to the extreme EVERY SECOND OF EVERY DAY then we should all be frightened of our govt.

[@JohnathanFireeater]

@@GH-oi2jf Still too young imo

[@davidgray1515]

@@debrjackson7431 We arent living in an age thousands of yrs ago and no one needs to hunt to survive. Gun addicts just like to kill things. They are sick people.

[@jillachen7217]

Thank you Todd! I really appreciate your show, God bless you and your family

[@kuroneko7022]

As a parent, I’d never buy my child a gun, ever! There are so many other things you can buy a child. Him bring ridiculed is NO excuse to murder innocent children in school! There are so many school shootings that aren’t shown on tv - guess they’re so many the news can’t keep up. I’m terrified of my grandchildren going to school in this country.

[@beaulieuc8910]

the kid could still get hold of your guns, maybe they won't be locked up

[@marktwaine9344]

Canada is straight north....

[@LúciaKitten]

@@marktwaine9344 😆

[@mcdibbern9919]

Am British. I spoke to an American couple ( in their forties perhaps early fifties who were on vacation here with their teen age children) I asked them if, when they were at school did they do active shooter drills. They said no it was a development of their children’s generation which they very much regretted. The UK is very different vis gun ownership( the police don’t carry guns) but people do have them especially in the countryside. The rules over ownership and storing are very strict and if you violate them you will lose your licence. We had one school shooting in the 90s which completely traumatised the country. The reaction was immediate and it is now illegal to possess a handgun and ammunition with a mandatory 5 year prison sentence. There never has been another school shooting. The impression I get is that most US citizens want sensible gun control but can’t get it and everyone seems to feel a lot more unsafe and are especially worried for their kids and grandchildren. As an outsider it seems baffling. I wish you all well while you grapple with this.

[@JustAGuy93-G]

It was a tragedy dunblane was. But it was the failure of the police that caused it. There are several documentaries that prove the police were well aware of the guy and he even threatened a woman with one of his handguns a few days before. I know first-hand information from someone who knew a committee member of his club saying they were looking for an excuse to kick him out of the club. He was kicked out a few days before he committed the shooting spree. It was the same with Hungerford and Portsmouth as well.

[@bryan7938]

@@JustAGuy93-Goh go away…blame Police 🙄

[@kirstenroche8160]

I'm in Canada, and I think a lot of the world is baffled by this phenomenon of having not only more than one school shooting, but having them on a regular basis. It appears to be uniquely American. I've never even heard of these occurring with an regularity even in countries with high access to guns such as previous conflict zones (during peacetime but when guns are still widely available) in Africa or the Middle East. I hope one day the world can be a safer place for children. Until then, neglectful parents being charged for their child's crimes that they actively encourage, seems like a useful idea.

[@erinjones8658]

I’m an American and am just completely baffled and embarrassed by our inability to get a handle on our gun violence problem. It’s absolutely awful. And every time something like this happens, the anti-gun control nuts come unglued and buy more guns. It’s ridiculous.

[@_Nat_A_]

The USA has a very different gun culture. The NRA pays a lot of money to both politician parties to ensure the Second Amendment to allow people to have war type rifles. It made me very sad to hear Dr Grande say that school shootings are relatively rare. The rest of the world would disagree.

[@LeighSmith-cu8kv]

Crumbley’s parents were guilty of severe child neglect that allowed serious bodily harm or death to other people. Ethan had severe psychosis with hallucinations that they ignored for months and months. He begged for help.

[@Matthew2414a]

Truly sad

[@amberpaigejames9054]

Great video. Nothing but facts. First time I've watched any of your videos. I should look for more. Thank you

[@deborah3912]

Finally the judicial system is holding parents accountable for the criminal actions of their children. This is becoming a trend and a good one. People just can't birth a child and let them grow up like animals, being a parent is a responsibility!

[@whippetscheck]

What are you going to lock up every mother in chicago who doesn’t abort all of her kids?

[@llama_rahma]

@@whippetscheck What are you yapping about?

[@someoneelse4710]

When a parent knowingly gives their child access to a weapon after they've shown worrying behavior, they deserve to be charged when the child does something with that weapon

[@deborah3912]

@@llama_rahma I thought that was a questionable statement as well.

[@Hobinator17]

​@@llama_rahmayou know exactly what he's talking about. The lovely inner city folk who commit the vast majority of g0n cr1me. Are we gonna charge all the single moms who couldnt raise their sons properly?

[@cybermandan1960]

I'm ashamed to admit I'm losing track of all these crime sprees. I'm at the point where I recognise the mugshots, but can't remember the year, place or even their name.

[@beaulieuc8910]

same here, always seem to be males

[@cybermandan1960]

@@beaulieuc8910 Yes, it pretty much always is - and will continue to be.

[@zellipa]

@@beaulieuc8910 except the "I don't like Mondays" girl

[@nancymcmonarch]

The news should stop announcing the shooters' damned names. It just inspires the next little idiot to think he'll be famous.

[@ItsRyanStudios]

That's strange because there are typically only 1 to 3 school shootings a year

[@elizabethwarman9028]

Hi Dr. Grande, excellent analysis. As always I learn something from your videos.

[@Mandrake42]

"Look son. We can't have you playing video games. Those things cause violence. Now, lets get you off to that and onto some automatic weapons. See, kid, these never cause violence, unlike those accursed video games!!"

[@sayhello5377]

So, not only did law-enforcement screw up last spring when they chose not to further investigate the threats that this shooter had made against his school, but the day of the shooting, when he called in the threat to the police department, they did nothing? They didn’t have kids shelter in place? They didn’t notify parents? They didn’t send out an alert for parents to not bring their kids to school? I feel like they need to be held accountable for their gross inaction.

[@kimberleymyles4130]

I call staging

[@KraftyKreator]

He doesn’t say they didn’t further investigate but they didn’t have enough evidence to pursue it. They can’t just snatch away their computers and phones when the posting did seem to be hacked, it was posting from several cities etc. There are laws protecting people from police abuse of citizens too. They could have been pursuing it in other ways. He also mentioned in the video that the call said 4 schools, nor does he, I believe, mention how much time they had to react. The police do get a lot of calls about bomb threats and shootings that are false, to weed through which are serious and which are hoaxers takes time. I’m not saying they reacted perfectly but so far I haven’t seem them react too poorly within the confines of our laws.

[@bryan7938]

Evidence??

[@didomilan1725]

@@sayhello5377 I think this father and son re located at least once since the FBI contact. Like to a completely new area. This was a new school in a new district to him.

[@christinemiller7238]

I have a close friend whose son scares me! They said he got into archery and shooting and he’s now a happier kid. I see a very bad situation. How do you tell them their child is on a bad path and needs real help?

[@jennyn5692]

Have they read the book or seen the movie We Need to Talk About Kevin?

[@barbaraanne2136]

With the Crumbly's and Gray the parent felt something was wrong and felt the gift of a gun would elicit some improvement in the kid's mood. Mental illness is hard to diagnose. But a gun is the last thing a teen of questionable wellness should be given by a parent or anyone else.

[@redbyrd247]

Why didn't CPS take the children from the home? These children were failed all the way around.

[@GH-oi2jf]

Enablers should be charged.

[@pameladee]

I grew up in a dysfunctional home. My father had many guns. Some just openly hanging on a wall. I went to school every day and it wasn’t always a positive thing. It never crossed my mind that I could take any g-n and harm anyone. It wasn’t even a thought. Mostly because of the part where my dad would k-ick my b-utt. I knew there were always corrections and punishment at home. Most kids today have parents who do not parent. They want to be their kids’ best friend. They do not discipline or create consequences for poor behavior. Yes, the father here should have been arrested. He created the scenario to cause great harm and heartbreak. It’s disgusting especially after the warning signs …oh, like the FBI visiting your house because your son is on their radar It’s heartbreaking 🌵

[@learobinson4450]

I grew up in the 1970’s in a poor rural farming community in the foothills of Appalachia. My grandfather put a rifle in my hands when I was 8 years old. Most boys had their own .22 squirrel rifles at 9-10 years old. Loaded guns in gun racks in houses & trucks were as common as dirt. As kids we were bullied in school but no one thought to take one of those loaded guns & use it to harm anyone. If our parents had been told we were making threats to shoot people that would have been our @sses. We would’ve have gotten a belt or strop or switch across our backsides for even thinking of doing such a thing. Our parents sure as heII wouldn’t have given us our own gun afterwords. A boy who was a year older than me pointed his rifle at another boy & his father whipped him bloody with a belt. A couple of days later when he could walk again his father made him go to the other boys house & give him the rifle. He didn’t have another gun of his own until he was grown & out of his parents house. We behaved ourselves because we knew if we didn’t the consequences would be swift & painful. Our parents, grandparents, aunts & uncles, neighbors, teachers & our friends parents all had the authority to give us much needed & well deserved whippings. If we were whipped by anyone other than our parents then we got another whipping by our parents for causing trouble & embarrassing them. The adults in our lives didn’t want to be our friends. They knew it was their duty to teach us to be respectful, well mannered, responsible, contributing members of society. So they did by any means they felt were necessary. We quickly learned to behave ourselves because the consequences of misbehaving weren’t worth it.

[@annieskid]

judging by your picture, you grew up in a different era then the modern times we find ourselves in where very sadly this is an epidemic. you didn't have the thoughts to commit mass. murder and harm bc when you grew up it wasn't in the American cultural zeitgeist yet.

[@KathyStrickland-nh9vx]

I was raised by a state trooper. His gunbelt lay in the open everyday. Neither my siblings or I dared touch it. We knew better. It's all about how people are raised.

[@pameladee]

@@learobinson4450 I’m glad you understood my comment! I was typing fast because of emotions but I knew growing up, if I got in trouble outside of our house, there were big time consequences at home.

[@learobinson4450]

@pameladee. Exactly. If we got paddled at school that meant a whippping at home. Every single teacher in my elementary school (1st - 8th grade) had a big wooden paddle hanging by a hook on the side of their desk & they used them without the parents or school administrators getting on their case. The music teacher even had a sticker on hers that showed a bunch of kids bent over with their rear ends facing the camera & it said “Never Smack A Child In The Face. The Lord Has Given A Better Place”. My 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Brogel, has “Paddling Parties”. She made the kids stand side by side with their faces right next to the wall. She would stand behind each of us in turn & ask a question & if the answer was wrong we’d get a firm whack with the paddle. Once you answered correctly 3x in a row you could sit back down. All the parents & the principal & school board knew about these Paddling Parties & didn’t say a word about it. Mrs. Brogel was one of the best liked & most respected people in town. She was a lot of kids favorite teacher including me. She was firm but fair & we knew she cared about us & had our best interests at heart. She wanted us to learn & we did - for her.

[@markp4967]

To say that his mother is a "blank up" is an understatement

[@raygunsforronnie847]

I had to turn on the captions to confirm what was said. Then it was "oh, yeah, the algorithm...."

[@MJEvermore853]

I read about her. It’s no wonder the dad and boy lived away from her. The landlord said the boy wanted to be near his dad. She was really messed up from the reports I read

[@patriciacharles2443]

Informative and factual. Dispassionately delivered.

[@ashsmee]

Parents who wilfully give their underage children guns or access to guns should be charged with negligence!

[@An2oine]

Just like a parent in Chicago?

[@Winston-xh6xn]

I had a shotgun a rifle and a pistol when I was 14 years old back in the 70s .When I was 16 ,I kept a rifle in my pickup truck when I drove to school in rural Texas,most all of my friends did too ..how come never once ,did anything like this ever happen in the entire country back then ? And now it does?

[@JohnathanFireeater]

@@Winston-xh6xn I'm sure plenty of unsolved cases from those decades exist so I think you're just romanticizing the past

[@chasehedges6775]

@@JohnathanFireeater Romancizing the past. The past was BETTER THO.

[@chasehedges6775]

@@JohnathanFireeater As a 2001 Kid, I miss the mid-2000s along with people who miss the 80s and 90s

[@raisamoola2090]

Happy Saturday Dr G! Love from a rainy Durban day x

[@Mark-qv4bn]

The rifle was a straw purchase, for his son. That's a federal crime. You can't gift a rifle to a minor in most states. Now they'll both have to go away.

[@neilkurzman4907]

There was a store purchaser in New York that killed a bunch of people. Apparently the fine is $75.

[@Mark-qv4bn]

@neilkurzman4907 I live in far Nw Arizona in an isolated desert town. I do what I want to, carry or not carry, we all do. There are not many gun laws. We are free here. Gid bless Arizona.

[@victorflores6349]

federal crime? since when does the federal govt mandate what you can and cannot gift your children? How about a kitchen knife set, a swimming pool, ... an ax? steel-toed boots?

[@markl2322]

I'd like to know what states you're talking about. It's not illegal in any state I know of to give a rifle to a minor as a gift. It IS illegal for that minor to use that rifle anywhere without adult supervision.

[@markl2322]

@@victorflores6349 Straw Purchases are a federal crime. If you are buying a fire arm for use by a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm (such as a convicted felon) you can get a minimum of 5 years imprisonment in a federal facility. It is not a straw purchase if you are buying the firearm for someone who is not prohibited, and is intended as a gift.

[@CC-in1jy]

So sick of NRA, gun lobbyists and politicians doing nothing. Sick of people having kids and ignoring their basic needs and instead giving them assualt weapons or having them accessible in their home.

[@InvisibleWarrior279]

He literally bought his psychologically challenged son the murder weapon. Yes the father is at least equally responsible.

[@1977JohnBoy]

nice to see parents getting arrested for this now

[@FuckPedophileBiden]

These shootings are going to skyrocket now so the kids can get back at their parents, and put them in prison.

[@Alden_Indoway]

I agree except I think there should be laws in place first. The father didn’t keep the gun locked in a safe. In Georgia it’s legal to have a gun not locked in a safe. He gave a minor an assault rifle. In Georgia, there is no age restriction on owning or possessing a long gun. Minors are only restricted from possessing handguns. After a terrible event, deciding there SHOULD have been a law and charging the father who had not actually broken any existing law doesn’t seem quite right. Make the laws first, then charge people who break them.

[@FuckPedophileBiden]

@@Alden_Indoway These shootings are going to skyrocket now so the kids can get back at their parents, and put them in prison.

[@arbo-u2b]

Love your analysis as always Dr. Grande thank you!

[@normanhalliburton541]

Completely informative, revealing points along a timeline previously unarticulated (from my point of view) 👍🏽