Brother of Georgia Shooter Tells Piers Morgan No Gun Law Could Stop Mass Shootings

Brother of Georgia Gunman to Piers: ‘No Gun Law’ Could Have Prevented This (Mediaite)

The brother of Georgia gunman Michael Brandon Hill, who walked into an elementary school Tuesday with an assault rifle and 500 rounds of ammunition, sat down for an exclusive interview with CNN’s Piers Morgan Thursday night. Tim Hill told Morgan he doesn’t believe any gun laws could have stopped his brother from doing what he did.

Hill said he was “a bit” surprised by his brother’s actions, but at the same time, he said it “seemed like eventually he would do something like this, but not to this magnitude.” He described his brother as a normal kid, who changed as an adolescent and ended up being institutionalized. As a teen, he set fire to his family’s home while everyone was sleeping inside.

Asked if he felt “angry that the system betrayed” his family, Hill said, “I’m not angry. I feel like there’s just a whole lot more they could have done.” As an example, he said that instead of reaching out to victims’ families “rich and famous people” should be “reaching out to people that have mental disorders.” Hill was particularly frustrated that President Obama called and thanked Antoinette Tuff, the school bookkeeper who helped talk the gunman out of killing people.