Child Kills Burglar with Mom's Gun! Bravo!

I am usually into competition, but LiberalMinority already has the job you are taking. These are great troll posts, but the gig is already filled.

What is funny is that RandlePatrickMurphy (Liberal Poster) actually liked your post. Classic.

 

Thank goodness the person at the door was actually a burglarer and not a family member who forgot their keys or something.

 

Ok, I didn't see a new link. I just saw the one Truth gave you, which also says"The car's driver, Ira Bennett, claimed the bullet holes in his car came from someone firing at the vehicle on a motorway, the affidavit states".

Unless this house is on a motorway... which I doubt.


But yes, fair to question everything.

 

You obviously didn't read or research the story, but then again, my general observation is that anti-gun people don't care for facts. The boy saw somebody pull a car into his BACK yard. He watched the guy get out of the car with a gun.

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20151111/PC16/151119880

 

Father Shoots Teen Daughter Mistaken for Intruder
http://www.your4state.com/news/news/father-shoots-teen-daughter-mistaken-for-intruder

Montana teen fatally shot after mistaken as a burglar by friend.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/teen-shot-pebbes-tossed-window-scared-friend-article-1.2227371

Man mistakenly shoots, kills 17-year-old brother
http://www.wesh.com/news/deputies-man-mistakenly-shoots-kills-brother/33435848

Again, thank goodness the person at the door was actually a burglar and not a family member who forgot their keys or something.

 

I know right? Have a few cops sit him down, tell him he did everything right and commend him for his actions. Maybe he wouldn't feel like a failure because of the way some medias would portray his actions as a bad thing.

 

That's not the case in question. Nice diversion attempt.

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That would be good therapy. If the boy is Catholic, a confession to a priest would help as well.

 

Thank goodness it is not the case in question.



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That would be good therapy. If the boy is Catholic, a confession to a priest would help as well.[/QUOTE]

 

Where have you read that they had a drawn handgun? How would they know it was unoccupied as it clearly wasn't? They would not know whether occupied or not

 

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How do you even know he'll need therapy. Maybe he knows what he did was right.

 

There were neighbours around. It's in the reports.

They would not need to. By the time they broke in, the boy could have been long gone through the front door. He had time to go and get the gun so plenty of time to get out.

No, five minutes.

The criminals buddy was at the back door, not the front door.

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The boy had time to go and get the gun and he was on the ground floor. The burglars were coming through the back door. So get out through the front door. Simple!

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No residents would have been hurt there because the boy should have been told to leave the property as soon as he saw or heard the burglars trying to get in.

 

When there is an accidental shooting, they use it as proof that we must ban guns. When there is a justified shooting, they dismiss it and use accidental shootings as proof that we must ban guns.

 

Where have you read that the burglar had a gun drawn as he approached? And I doubt that it would be unusual anyway for a burglar to approach a house with gun drawn if he did not know whether the house was occupied or not.

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Obviously the burglars could not be sure if it was occupied or not. I never stated otherwise. But according to some, the burglars chose an occupied house!

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He was protecting possessions. Not himself. He could easily have run out through the front door. I don't know where you get the C**p about me being on the burglars side - I don't care what happened to the burglars

 

Simple research. Took me about 30 seconds to find.
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http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20151111/PC16/151119880

 

How does he know his life isn't in danger? How do you know he could make a clean getaway? Someone BROKE INTO HIS HOME. You have no idea what they are capable of. He was absolutely protecting himself.

 

That was not my statement.

 

When there is a justified shooting, they use it as proof that everyone must have guns. When there is an accidental shooting, they dismiss it and use justified shooting as proof that we must ban guns.

Non sequiturs are fun and easy, aren't they?

 

Your alternative?

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We pretty much must have cars. Plenty of accidents with them.

 

Depends on how the layout of the house, front door, and location of the car is...

 

His life would not be at risk if he did what I would have already said to him. Get out of the house. No possessions are worth risking your life. I would give up everything for my children to live. I would never forgive myself if my child was killed protecting my possessions. Seems like some people here are more concerned with their possessions and their child doing the brave thing risking his life rather than the actual lives of their children. This boy had plenty of time to run out of the front door.

 

You shouldn't be teaching him to be a coward. He did the right thing which was to defend his home. I can leave or I can make them leave. He made them leave.

 

For sure. Exactly why we regulate them, allow lawsuits to make them safer, register them, and require licensing to use them.

 

See my other thread.
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20151111/PC16/151119880

First, I knew from circumstances. The first article said a .45 colt was found on the back doorstep. Using logic (and commonsense, which you anti-gunners seem to lack), the only reason that gun would have been there is if the gun was in hand, and then the man dropped it when shot. The above news story backs that up. Please do the diligence of a google search.

You don't go into what you think is an unoccupied house with your gun drawn. You have your gun out if you think there is a possibility someone is inside. I think it would be VERY unusual for a burglar to approach what they thought was unoccupied with a drawn gun. In South Carolina, committing burglary with a gun drawn turns it into a First Degree Burglary, which is punishable by 15 years to life in prison. With the gun holstered, the penalty is down to ten years to 15 years. Without a gun, it's down to Third degree burglary which is punishable by 5 to 10 years in prison. This burglar more than likely expected to have to shoot somebody, otherwise he wouldn't up the penalties that much.


http://law.justia.com/codes/south-carolina/2012/title-16/chapter-11/section-16-11-311/

 

He saw them attempting to break in through the back door. They did not see him. So get out through the front door!

 

IMHO, this man wanted more than possessions. You don't enter a house with a drawn gun without violence in mind. Maybe his plan was rape or kidnapping.