[Mind-numbed Robot]

As the bandits fled the store, a juvenile who was inside, angry about the incidents, chased the two men into an adjacent field and drew a gun, firing one round at them as they fled.

A juvenile should not be walking around with a gun, period.

[FITZ]

A juvenile should not be walking around with a gun, period.

That might depend on the neighborhood they have to be in.

[Just another Joe]

A juvenile should not be walking around with a gun, period.

Is this a blanket statement?
I can remember the times when high school boys brought their guns to school in order to get a quick start on hunting after school.
Nothing bad seemed to happen in those cases.

I think this boy had the right intent with the wrong action.

[Richard-SIA]

Did you notice that they did not define "Juvenile"?

Fed. law says18 can have a long gun, 21 to have a handgun - UNLESS the person under 21 has written permission from parents. Some other exceptions might also apply, they did not say if he had the gun on him or retrieved it from his car. Typical sound bite journalism, too few details to draw a valid conclusion.

I always wonder when I read about some "juvenile" being raped or kidnapped, at what age do you gain the right to defend yourself?

When I was a kid I always had a pocket knife, chicken hawks and other filth are nothing new, just better advertised thanks to TV "news".

[from occupied ga]

A juvenile should not be walking around with a gun, period.

Why not?