[TurboZamboni]

Dude thinks he's Judge Dredd.

He'll be in prison for the rest of his life.

[gaijin]

[theDentist]

Does Minnesota have the Death Penalty? And if so, do they use it?

[DemforBush]

What a psycho. He deserves whatever he gets.

[Robert357]

If you are going to own a firearm, you had better know what the laws are in your jurisdiction regarding the legal use of deadly force.

I cannot imagine any set of laws allowing a “finishing shot” of a wounded helpless criminal. Deadly force should only be used as a last resort because even if you are allowed to use deadly force under criminal laws, you might face civil claims that will make your life and your family's life hell. Still using deadly force to save your own life or that of someone you care about is a civil right in this country.

[Erik Latranyi]

I’m not going to shed any tears for the victims.

[DesertRhino]

Disgusting. That was simply an execution, especially his description of the murder of the female. Then he sat there with the bodies for a full day because he said, “didn’t want to bother the cops on a holiday”.

When our rights to self defense are lost, guys like him will be what made it easy for the dems to do it.

[Hardraade]

Trespassers will be shot.

Survivors will be shot again.

But really, this guy is abnormal.

[The Cajun]

Straight up, walking up to a wounded 18 year old girl and putting a round in her head, fry the worthless bastard, he ain’t human.

[ought-six]

Bad move. He was okay with the first shots, but the “finishing them off” routine was murder. He is toast, and rightfully so.

[sitetest]

The “finishing” shots seem to demonstrate premeditation. If the story holds up as reported so far, this fellow should be executed. He is a cold-blooded murderer.

[TomasUSMC]

??? All my shots will be finishing shots until its finished.

[GeronL]

That is how real home invaders should be treated though

[narses]

There is almost surely more to this story. Based on this article, murder one charges are appropriate.

[Jim from C-Town]

This guy is a true knucklehead. This sounds really suspicious to me. I believe that it would be more believable that he invited or persuaded these teens into his house in order to murder them.

He moved the bodies, hid his crime for a full day, and has a really bad cover story.

[Uncle Chip]

A few minutes later, Smith again heard footsteps above him -- and just as Brady had done, Kifer came down the stairs and was shot by Smith, sending her tumbling down the stairs.

This is the part of the story that I have a hard time with.

The house is not that big and surely the girl would have heard the shots in the basement.

Why didn't she run as fast and as far as her little feet could carry her out of the house???

Why would she go down into the basement where the shots came from???

Something about this doesn't sound right.

He may have caught them breaking into his house upstairs and then brought them downstairs and executed them. He's that crazy.

[bigheadfred]

There is nothing wrong with what this guy did. For all the SHTF enthusiasts out there you must wrap your minds around this. Perfect training exercise. All the people sitting around decrying the decline of civilization but yet are unwillingly to pull that trigger. Again and again and again.

Whatever.

[JoeDetweiler]

Think I’ll just wait to see how this one develops.

I remember when the “official” story was that George Zimmerman shot Trayvon several times while Trayvon was on the ground begging for his life. This story could change a lot too.

[Eaker]

The obvious answer is to use a large enough caliber to only require one round each.

[Feckless]

The whole idea of not letting the perp hang around to testify kinda goes to crap when you tell his side of the story, dumb@$$.

Also waited too long to call 911, you want the bodies warm, just not breathing.

[CodeToad]

Why do we think the only people allowed to execute anyone is the government? When someone is a predator and enters someone else’s home to commit an act such as theft they deserve to be executed on the spot.