SAFE Advisory Board Member, Paul Chapman, PhD, authors an analysis of parental accountability and secure storage for Giffords. Click below to read the full analysis.
“Recently, two school mass shootings by students, in Michigan in 2021 and in Georgia in 2024, have resulted in prison sentences for the shooters’ parents.
This new accountability has come at a time when states are increasingly passing safe storage laws that require parents who own firearms to store them securely, away from children.
Since the Columbine shooting in 1999, there have been over 400 school shootings, with students frequently using weapons from home. In the past parents were rarely held accountable for the actions of their children.”