If you have kids... Lock your damn guns up!

[Citadelgrad87]

Another kid used a gun to shoot an intruder.............responsible or not? He was 11.
It appears that his parents practice good parenting by homeschooling him rather than letting all the other kids teach him his social skills by sending him off to some g o v e r n m e n t ran school, or pretend some private school is the answer.



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As a man and father, I'd be proud.

But he shot 12 times and connected with the last shot....when the guy was outside the house, fleeing and trying to get over a fence. An adult who did that would be facing at a minimum a civil suit.

I'm glad the kid had access to that gun.

[njineermike]

You thought wrong. I didn't think you thought much, which is why you got nothin' on gun safes or gun security...

Frank

Just because I don't think like you doesn't mean I don't think.

[dwalker]

As a man and father, I'd be proud.

But he shot 12 times and connected with the last shot....when the guy was outside the house, fleeing and trying to get over a fence. An adult who did that would be facing at a minimum a civil suit.

I'm glad the kid had access to that gun.

I agree with everything you said here. Poor kid needs to spend more time on the range, he clearly is not shooting Alpha's, and (not kidding here) he should have been taught not to shoot if the bad guy was running away. I am in the process of teaching my kid about bad guys and what to do, and am still figuring out the nuances. One thing that helps is my kid has a very clear understanding of reality and pretend. Hopefully by the tie he is able to be left home alone he will have a good grasp of what to do if bad guys come round.

[drifts1]

Yes, he did miss plenty but the kid was probably scared and adrenaline was pumping, it appears the target wasn't static either, moving targets are not as easy to hit as some would think. Regardless of what the law says its my opinion he did good by shooting the fleeing suspect. It was not the first time that home was burglarized, and it probably wouldn't of been the last. Who knows what other burglaries or crimes that kid prevented. I doubt that criminal was gonna turn his life around if he woulda got away.