A 14-year-old used his father's unsecured AR-15 to kill four at Apalachee High. Who bears legal responsibility when minors access unsecured weapons?
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Georgia law makes parents criminally liable when children access unsecured firearms that cause death or serious injury. Colt Gray's father now faces involuntary manslaughter charges for the four peopl...
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One year after the September 4, 2024, shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, which killed two students and two teachers, the GOP-led Georgia Legislature passed HB 268—Alyssa’s Law—mandating mobile panic‐button systems, campus electronic mapping and faster student‐record transfers. What restrictions on firearm access did that legislation include?
Easymultiple choiceApalachee High School installed Centegix CrisisAlert panic buttons just one week before the September 4, 2024 shooting, and Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said the system prevented an even higher death toll. Yet two students and two teachers were still killed. How does this affect the limitations of panic button systems in stopping initial fatalities?
Mediummultiple choiceOne year after Senate Majority Leader Jason Anavitarte said Georgia had “moved to protect schools” by passing House Bill 268—which mandated wearable panic buttons for staff and accelerated student records transfers—while Democrats criticized the absence of secure gun‐storage requirements, what concrete changes have occurred for student safety in Georgia?
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