One of my favorite movies is the original 1969 John Wayne version.
Posted on 05/01/2016 12:03:51 PM PDT by Innovative
Good boy! Smart parents that they were teaching him how and when to use a gun.
Oddly written story. I suspect the journalist was conflicted about the tale.
He defended his home against an armed intruder with a gun, by using a gun.
To the Bezos Liberals running the Wash Post, this is HORRIFYING!
The kid should have ALLOWED himself to be shot by the intruder to further the Dems gun confiscation memes!
As Tom Cheney in True Grit stated, “I’ve been shot by a child!”
...Good boy! Smart parents that they were teaching him how and when to use a gun....
I read this story in a British newspaper yesterday. Their version of the story ended with, “No word on why an 11 year old had easy access to the gun...”
I guess the two sentences above answer the question for the British who just don’t get it.
More comments on the article posted earlier...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3426363/posts
He saved the laundry basket by shooting it.
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I thought of Jim (Gene Wilder) in Blazing Saddles.
I heard a voice behind me say, "Reach for it, mister!" I spun around... and there I was, face to face with a six-year old kid. Well, I just threw my guns down and walked away. Little bastard shot me in the ass.
Posted earlier.
1. Good that the boy shot his intruder.
2. Bad he needed (and got) so much facetime, making it easy for a revenge robbery in the future. Why is an 11 year old child being front paged like this? Mom too media-hungry to say no?
3. Boy shot 12 rounds, only making ONE hit? Enroll him in Target Practice, asap.
4. Notice the actual criminal is NOT photographed or even named.
The moral of the story is, stay the hell out of the homes of other people. Contrary to what the DemocRATS have been preaching, their belonging DO NOT belong to you. Unlike the liberal snowflakes, when somebody says, I’m going to kill you, I’m going to shoot them first. It’s just the natural thing to do.
Since the guy was running with the laundry basket, it’s safe to drop the “suspected” from the title, huh???
One of my favorite movies is the original 1969 John Wayne version.
Of course, the liberals will say he was just a good guy and was going to do the family’s laundry for them....
Also safe to say the shooter was provably not in fear for his life.
It's possible that all is not as it appears in this early article. Yes, the alleged perp is not named. That is strange, since he is presumably in custody -- even if he's still in the hospital. And police claim they are still investigating. The Mom says that she knows who the guy is. Admittedly, she suggests she doesn't know him well. But how does she know the same guy burglarized the home before? Lots of strange weird stuff in this story.
Stepdad was clearly doing a good job educating the kid — he knew the difference between a “hollow point” and a full metal jacket bullet. I’d recommend the parents replace the FMJ bullets in the home defense weapons with hollow points — it could make a difference in the outcome of a firefight with an armed intruder.
“Lots of strange weird stuff in this story.”
My guess is the mom was doing the horizontal bop with the “burglar.”
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Good boy -good step dad. My father started teaching me to shoot at 3, of course he had to balance the Daisy for me:) All kids should understand and be able to handle firearms. Great story, great outcome, although junior needs practice - his aim is atrocious.
in her defense, sorta, she might use the excuse of “getting some exercise!”
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