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In reply to the discussion: 13-year-old SC boy shoots and kills intruder while home alone [View all]Ghost in the Machine
(14,912 posts)115. Hell, he can't even get the story right, and keeps defending the criminals
with all kinds of excuses. The goofiest one was "what if they were a repair team at the wrong address?" So much wrong with that statement I don't even know where to begin.
I used to install/repair cable tv in Miami, Fl back in the early 80's. The NUMBER 1 RULE was that you NEVER go into a customer's back yard without permission. Period! You knocked on the FRONT DOOR and, if you didn't get an answer after several attempts & waiting 15 - 20 minutes, you hung a "Sorry we missed you" hanger on the door knob.
If the mother knew that the boy was going to be home, and was expecting a "repair team" ( ), don't you think that she would have told her son??
Here's the biggest part that our criminal coddler is overlooking, from the article:
The 13-year-old was home alone on Nov. 10 at around 1:30 p.m. when he noticed a vehicle pull into the home's backyard. The boy became suspicious and grabbed his mother's handgun. When the two men, now identified as Lamar Anthwa Brown, 31, and Ira Bennett, 28, began attempting to break in
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I would consider two guys breaking into my home not a perceived threat, but an actual threat.
Waldorf
Nov 2015
#60
Your attitude is precisely why cops have gotten away with murder for so many years.
Buzz Clik
Nov 2015
#34
"Only thing...attacked was the door:" Only thing torpedoed was Lusitania's hull plating.
Eleanors38
Nov 2015
#54
Not for these guys: lethal force is always justified whenever a threat exists (real or perceived)
Buzz Clik
Nov 2015
#24
I've actually BEEN in that situation. (warning: way more than one sentence)
Lizzie Poppet
Nov 2015
#91
If you consider an intelligent, properly spelled, properly punctuated, literate reply
Ghost in the Machine
Nov 2015
#118
He didn't *have* to run out the front door, SC's "castle doctrine" laws
Ghost in the Machine
Nov 2015
#84
You STILL don't get it, and continue to defend criminals, so all I can say is...
Ghost in the Machine
Nov 2015
#97
Since you believe that the child is guilty, and the other two are innocent.
oneshooter
Nov 2015
#116
Hell, he can't even get the story right, and keeps defending the criminals
Ghost in the Machine
Nov 2015
#115
Could have run out the front door into the other two guys breaking in from the front.
beardown
Nov 2015
#117
Damn, I swear to God I have debated you before in a dark, damp hole in a rock.
Buzz Clik
Nov 2015
#27
The fact that they were trying to break in and shoot inside the house PROVE that they were a threat.
beevul
Nov 2015
#30
And always leave a loaded gun or two lying around when you leave your kids home alone.
stone space
Nov 2015
#53
No, I don't think he should risk his life, that's why I asked why he didn't leave.
SunSeeker
Nov 2015
#73
There's really no point to this conversation, you are creating your own facts.
SunSeeker
Nov 2015
#75
LOL it is amusing too see them flip out about stories of this nature..
virginia mountainman
Nov 2015
#72
You don't want a debate -- you want only to attempt to humiliate your "opponents."
Buzz Clik
Nov 2015
#104
Breaking into an occupied residential dwelling is considered a potentially lethal threat
branford
Nov 2015
#96