Colin Gray, whose 14-year-old son is charged with murdering two students and two teachers at a Georgia high school last month, himself faces 29 criminal charges that could send him to prison for the rest of his life. The case is part of a troubling trend in which prosecutors seek to spread the blame for school shootings by criminalizing parental failures.

Judging from the allegations against him, Gray is no one's idea of a model parent. Prosecutors say he failed to securely store the rifle used in the Sept. 4 attack at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, a weapon he bought his son, Colt, as a Christmas present.

Gray allegedly knew Colt was deeply troubled but failed to get him the help he needed. He allegedly disregarded signs that Colt was prone to violence, including a photograph of a school shooter the teenager had on his bedroom wall.

If the Apalachee High School shooting had involved a handgun, these claims might have supported a felony charge under........

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