Well, think that if you want, but you’re wrong and it could get you in a heap of trouble.
I imagine the laws vary quite a bit from state to state. Where I live some guy walked down the long country drive and the husband in the garage noticed him. The husband asked him what he was doing - no answer. Just kept walking. Then the guy walked up onto the porch of the house, with the husband coming over from the garage to tell him to get off his porch.
The guy reached for the door handle to the house (with wife and kids inside), and the husband shot him in the back and killed him. Justifiable. Although I imagine that the deceased was a known crack head had something to do with it. Not sure what would have happened if it had been a hard-of-hearing salesman.
Not that that is comparable to the teen boy, but some states have a pretty low threshold for a justifiable homicide. I would like to think that I could tell if my 16-year old daughter was lying to me or not - but I imagine at 2:30 am and a daddy’s rage going that might be hard.
It IS sad for all involved, but if the facts are what the articles says, sounds justified.
There are rules as to when you have the right to do that, and when you don’t.
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It is a castle thing-Enforce the Bill of Rights ......... It’s the LAW !!!
My house, My rules...........