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GA:"We is teenagers, don't shoot me"
Gun Watch ^ | 20 November, 2014 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 11/21/2014 9:04:57 AM PST by marktwain



Has the use of the word "teenager" by the old media given criminal teens a sense of immunity?   You see it again and again. Trayvon Martin is constantly referred to as a teenager, as though that somehow absolved him of his crimes.

Most male children, who are brought up in intact families, do not become predatory creatures in their teens.   But for those who do not have strong, moral, male role models in their lives, especially if this is the default position in their community, predation is a common role.

In a home invasion in Georgia, the homeowner grabbed his gun as his door was broken down.  As he confronted the three invaders, they yelled at him.  From wrdw.com:

"The first thing he hollered, we is teenagers, don't shoot me," Green said.

Green said he didn't care what age they were, they were breaking into his home.

"If you are old enough to do a crime, age doesn't matter. Doesn't matter whether you're a teenager, you're grown. If you can do the crime, your punishment, it shouldn't matter. I had my gun in my hand and I just started firing at them," Green said.
A six foot plus 17 year old can be just as dangerous as an older criminal, maybe more.   As I read media reports, it seems that being 17 should give some special sort of invulnerability to bullets and jail.   The juvenile justice system may give some invulnerability to jail, for a time.   But words do not stop bullets.

The "progressive" position seems to be that "children" are inherently good.  That is not true.  Children are inherently selfish and amoral.  In Christianity, this is recognized as original sin.  Each child is a wild animal that must be civilized and taught moral virtues.  This is much harder to do in a single parent home.    If teenagers are told that they are expected to steal, as many media reports seem to imply; and that it is excused because they are "teenagers", we should not be surprised when large percentages of them become actual criminals.

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To: marktwain

“Don’t talk. Shoot !” — Tuco


41 posted on 11/21/2014 11:28:04 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: marktwain

I’m in Georgia and I don’t understand how they had enough of their lungs left to get words out?


42 posted on 11/21/2014 11:38:24 AM PST by The Toll
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To: greatvikingone
"The idea of teenagers as a group took off in the 1940s courtesy of ad agencies."

The term 'juvenile delinquents' was tossed around a lot too.

43 posted on 11/21/2014 12:14:03 PM PST by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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To: cripplecreek
Hell I’m lucky I didn’t get shot when I was a teenager.

Same here Bro. People are more paranoid and trigger happy now then they used to be. Not that I blame them, I fall in that category.

44 posted on 11/21/2014 1:17:03 PM PST by BBell (I'm cynical and sarcastic and therefore I love Ann Coulter)
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To: BBell

The old timers knew we were hell raisers but not dangerous.

Now days if you step outside to yell at the teenagers you might end up getting a beat down.


45 posted on 11/21/2014 1:21:08 PM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: cripplecreek

Correct. If a 90 year old women told use to get off her lawn we would. Now she could expect a bit of ultra violence.


46 posted on 11/21/2014 1:32:45 PM PST by BBell (I'm cynical and sarcastic and therefore I love Ann Coulter)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

“most of America’s fighting men in wars past have been teenagers. Those people in the Olympics.. usually teenagers.

Where did this idea come from that teenagers are helpless? heck they are the strongest and most dangerous of all !”

I think the idea is to define the largest possible number of people as irresponsible and needing to be taken care of.

Take away the left’s denial of responsibility, and they have little left.


47 posted on 11/21/2014 1:35:21 PM PST by marktwain (The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: BBell

At best, the old timers might get a little back talk as we moved on down the road.


48 posted on 11/21/2014 2:11:57 PM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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