What was an obvious sign?

The news out of Thailand the other day is really just a tiny blip on the American news radar. But reactions to blame all gun owners is trending in Thailand, a typical response.

Will they blame America? Some do now, just like with the recent Tacloban shooting. One thing people should be able to rule out is white supremacy. Does acting locally have an impact globally? It must, but countries need to assume responsibility of their own and not always blame America. Thailand is not necessarily without its own sins. Think child sex trade.

So what are some common denominators of this shooter with other young killers?

Possible family issues, the shooter per news reports, lived with his grandparents. Where were the parents? The father apologized and was brought in for questioning. The dead  grandparents can only speak through autopsies and other voices now. 

Rumors of bullying, the ultimate excuse for seeking vengeance. Many of those reports get denied or found to be not really true. As I have stated before, I am tired of that excuse.

Interest, working knowledge, and access to the gun. Per reports, he used his grandfather's gun. He was 14. What existing gun laws were broken?

Reported history of bringing an airgun to school previously.  Hmm.

Dead shooter's reports come out pretty fast after they kill themselves. Will they find a manifesto, interest in internet violence, dysfunction, or any other factor such as stories wriitten, warnings to friends? Is the father a CIA operative for those blaming MK Ultra for these things?

Caught on video. Isn't anyone manning the cameras in a school? Or is it just AI and an operation to take away guns and not another angry person set on vengeance?

As I told a lawyer years ago, I was seeking answers. My quest began with prevention and intervention. I already knew then that rescue and recovery were about dead ends.

The school year has begun in America. What are you going to do locally?  Even though American news brushed it off, this school shooter had an impact globally.

It is interesting how the media shows up and yet the truth still can get buried. Did you see the amount of cameras at the school after the shooting? 

 A recent sentencing trial of the school shooter in Georgia who was 14 years old at the time of his crime not only was provided the guns but he had unfettered access to very dark information on the web. Parenting 101, monitor your children.

I know the choir reads my posts. If you do not want to speak up, share the information. Maybe you might just share with someone who has some influence such as an answer to the question, who is manning the cameras at your child's school or are the cameras active?

Be concerned about the kids your children talk or complain about.

Maybe you can wake someone up if bullying is a primary cause factor. Do not wait for the revenge stage to kick in.

I write with an editorial slant. 

Rinse and repeat, ASK. Asking saves kids.

Begin a topic of conversation with the parents of your children's friends or school mates. 

Do you ask about access to guns? Some questions are difficult, but not as devastating as the questions when burying a child.

Videos below.

Marian R. Carlino

August 9, 2026

https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/3298925/students-teachers-mourn-girl-killed-in-thailand-school-shooting 

https://youtu.be/ODNxW0jcsbA?is=d5U0NLktZkLCH2Y3

The Mothers' Club

In my Pittsburgh local news feed, the link with a comment by a victim's mother showed up. One mother's child was killed. The other mother's son was the killer. 

The mother's club, one mother, in my opinion, should be in jail. If more investigation had gone on with Marcee Colt then maybe (?) four families, including the dead child's mother, would not be sitting in court as a victim, listening to another mother's sick laughter.

The media can be neutral on killer's families. I know the media was not intrusive to my friend in the past. But other times, the media projects them in the same light as the actual victims. Mrs. Kleinbold was given a forum when she should have been shut down (unless testifying in open court.) Hopefully, this killer's mother will not have any more fame then the 15 minutes already allotted.

The plea sentencing trial of Colt Gray showed a well planned school shooting with copycat aspects to at least three other school shootings. 

The Judge gave life without parole.

The killer's mother was part of the problem with drugs, violence, and abuse. Too bad a deeper dive on the previous open cases on the killer's family had not been done. The killer had behavioral problems many years earlier in school. Maybe an autopsy of his brain will be done when he dies. 

The prosecutor said he couldn't do a trial where Colt was considered a victim. Well, how about one in which his siblings were victims or even Marcee's mother (an enabler at best) as a victim?

The mother of this school shooter is culpable.

Maybe she did not buy the guns, but she gave her Zoloft to her killer son and had contact when she was not supposed too. She was not a true mother.

The mothers' clubs, neither one of which do most mothers ask to join; Marcee is maybe an exception. 

This school shooting from Sept 4, 2024 is yesterday's news today, until the next well planned event happens. You can bet there will be other mothers added to the clubs.

Hopefully, some of the information brought out in the trial of the killer and the killer's father (serving 15 years for  culpability) will alert for prevention.

I will never forget that I had hope for a child's future when his parents and my school did not.

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Speak up. School shootings are no laughing matters. Well, maybe to Marcee and the fat man of NJEA they are.

You decide if they are to you also.

https://www.wtae.com/article/colt-gray-shooter-mother-prison/73326260?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Email%20-%20Morning%20Weekend%20Headlines&utm_source=6a6e2811a4b1d9b18a1a9aae5ef74202&brzu=f41997e2aca7ba81ff08a8cdfa03daefa7d6d8fa616a822f4b3c135f7d9ec13d&lctg=67a78d549b5a3f007d24ec7e

Marian R. Carlino

August 2, 2026