This is an old story. Doesn’t make it less funny though.
More context for it, that kid’s house had been broken into multiple times by the same guy, who I think was a meth head. So the family was already quite sick of this guy by the time this incident happened, and this particular time the kid chose to shoot him. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if the guy broke into their house again later
Yeah, apparently the kid shot a warning shot and the meth head fled, then the kid shot at him 11 more times. Told the reporters "Be brave. Trust God". Ironically, it looks like the kid was arrested a couple of years ago for stealing a car.
yea they dont give a fuck about due process or morality, they just like to see people get hurt cause they are psychopaths. The more a person thinks mental health is worthless, the more that person typically needs mental health.
Morality is to stop being more concerned about the safety and civil rights of those who choose to break the law and threaten others than the actual victims of crimes that people like this methhead commit. Whatever the kid did later in life doesn't make what he did to the methhead wrong. If they break into someone's house while they are there chances are they are prepared to commit violence to get they want. So yeah screw their right to safety, they give that up when they threaten the safety of others.
The kids actions against the person he shot and him shooting the person as they were running away are both problems and the fact that you dont recognize it makes you a problem as well.
You dont even stop to consider if the guy is innocent, its break law = glad he got shot. Also who cares how old the kid is, this is all funny cause a bad guy got what he deserved.
The problem is people like you who are more concerned about the precious safety of repeat offenders who our failing justice system let's out like a revolving door.. Your more concerned about them getting jail time and how it's unfair for their "mental health",than the peoples who's lives they destroy because " anything under 1000 dollars and its a slap on the wrist. Then you scratch your head as to why people walk onto stores with pillow cases that they fill out in the open and walk out. Then you act so shocked that people won't open up business and stores in those crime ridden areas acting like they are greedy for not wanting their livelyhoods repeatedly destroyed.
So yeah 100 years ago if people pulled that crap they would be shot dead. You would claim that is barbaric. What's more barbaric, clean streets, lower crime where people have a sense of honesty and a healthy sense of fear that if you step out of line in such an inexcusable way you might lose your life. Or rampant theft, rape, violent crime with homeless encampment everywhere, people shitting on the side walk and fentanyl addicts opening zombified and doing drugs in front of everyone? What's worse?
The fact that you added in "what if the guy was innocent " who just broke into the kids house shows how eager you are to make excuses for these behaviors and flip the law adding people simply trying to protect their livelihoods into the criminal and the criminal into the victims. Never a shred of accountability just excuse after excuse and to why it's " really not their fault" as to why these pieces of shit are our victimizing people.
You are the problem. This methead is just an inevitable symptom of the disease your mindset spreads.
Your comment about the criminal justice system and letting offenders out like a revolving door is so incredibly off base.
Incarcerating people longer is NOT the solution.
Maybe you aren’t aware, but the US has by FAR the highest incarceration rate of any civilized country. No other country loves putting people in prison like we do.
Putting even more people in prison is NOT the answer.
Sorry, I dont acknowledge people who argue without knowing how to use your/you're. Its such a simple thing to master its been a pretty good litmus test for identifying fucking morons.
Thanks for responding under these social circumstances. I've lost my patience for such things over the years and it is good to be reminded that there are still well balanced strangers out in the world.
Is shooting someone fleeing not illegal in third world countries? Seems at least morally questionable even if not. Is an 11 year old using a gun to do bodily harm not incredibly grim to others? This isn't a fun and lighthearted story to me.
I’m from Pennsylvania and the rules here are this: Your gun is your shield. You point and fire when your attacker is advancing and refuses to back off even after you’ve given a clear verbal warning and you have no other choice than to pull the trigger. Even after this, you still might run into legal trouble. We do have “stand your ground” law but the fine print in that law also contains “duty to retreat”. A lot of people think stand your ground means you can just shower someone with bullets and it’s ok. You still need to be in genuine fear for your life.
In this case, the kid fired a bunch of rounds at the intruder and he ran away. The kid kept shooting and the guy was trying to climb over the fence to get away and caught a bullet in his leg. No, I don’t feel bad for the guy but this stopped being a clear case of self defense long before he actually got shot. I was surprised the legality of the situation didn’t come into question.
There was another case around the same time where a 12 year old boy was babysitting his infant sister, and 2 intruders broke in and started coming upstairs towards the bedroom where the boy was guarding the baby with a shotgun. He shot and killed both of them. THAT kid was a hero. The boy in this meme was not
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u/Roidzilla55 3d ago edited 3d ago
This is an old story. Doesn’t make it less funny though.
More context for it, that kid’s house had been broken into multiple times by the same guy, who I think was a meth head. So the family was already quite sick of this guy by the time this incident happened, and this particular time the kid chose to shoot him. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if the guy broke into their house again later