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BlueWaveNeverEnd

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8. gun based name? "Colt"

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Wed Sep 4, 2024, 05:03 PM

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The Ga shooter has been named & will be tried as an adult [View all] irisblue Sep 2024 OP

Of course he is named after a gun TheProle Sep 2024 #1

Wonder if the adult who owned the gun will be charged as well irisblue Sep 2024 #2

Hope Rebl2 Sep 2024 #5

I read somewhere that Georgia doesn't hold parents responsible for what their kid does with a gun Beaverhausen Sep 2024 #12

That's unfortunate Rebl2 Sep 2024 #15

Good point I had not noticed. Bet he used daddy's gun. Silent Type Sep 2024 #3

Just what Rebl2 Sep 2024 #4

I was thinking horse soandso Sep 2024 #7

Possible, not likely. Igel Sep 2024 #34

sorry, a 14 yr old is NOT AN ADULT Skittles Sep 2024 #6

Absolutely insane. a kennedy Sep 2024 #9

Yeah, well soandso Sep 2024 #10

There is no good and responsibling your way to being an adult TheKentuckian Sep 2024 #20

That's up to the legal system to classify soandso Sep 2024 #35

He was a bullied child. And now he's a scapegoat for everything sick in our culture that adults won't address Iris Sep 2024 #29

A scapegoat? soandso Sep 2024 #36

True, but so were some of his victims. Gore1FL Sep 2024 #11

Agreed Prairie Gates Sep 2024 #14

100% agree. Cuthbert Allgood Sep 2024 #18

Perhaps HS ProfessorGAC Sep 2024 #25

I recall people, not so long ago, sarisataka Sep 2024 #19

gun based name? "Colt" BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 2024 #8

His name was based on gun violence? Botany Sep 2024 #13

Yep, that will fix it angrychair Sep 2024 #16

Or he's been shooting people in a video game for years and years birdographer Sep 2024 #32

Simulators like GTA are also a blight. live love laugh Sep 2024 #39

Live by the sword... Squaredeal Sep 2024 #17

We all either live by the sword or someone does so on our behalf. TheKentuckian Sep 2024 #22

Isn't there normally a process or hearing sarisataka Sep 2024 #21

Want to bet there is a local judge in the DAs' back pocket? irisblue Sep 2024 #24

I'm sure some backwoods southern lawyer sarisataka Sep 2024 #26

Each state differs in process. It is likely a DA decision. 33taw Sep 2024 #28

I expect every narrative will interpret this one data point as an impilcit validation for "their side" Torchlight Sep 2024 #23

Could be. jimfields33 Sep 2024 #37

How does trying him as an adult make any difference bucolic_frolic Sep 2024 #27

Do you think 7 years is enough time? If he were tried as a juvenile, he'd be released at age 21. catbyte Sep 2024 #30

Only 14 years old. So, so young to do such a horrible thing. riversedge Sep 2024 #31

Will the parent(s) who gave him access to the gun be tried as children? tinrobot Sep 2024 #33

Mixed feelings about him being tried as an adult BannonsLiver Sep 2024 #38