Source: Pool / Getty The Apalachee High School shooting was one of many examples of the ongoing problem with wanton and unpredictable gun violence in America. Colt Gray, a 14-year-old student at the time, took possession of an AR-15-style rifle and killed four of his classmates and injured nine others in a shooting rampage that shocked the nation once again. How was such a young child able to obtain such a powerful weapon, you ask? Well, Colt's father Colin Gray bought the gun for his then underage son in November 2023, according to Yahoo! News.