If an unarmed teenage girl broke into my house to rip me off, I would be pretty angry.
But, being a normal human being I wouldn't shoot her.
Nor would I shoot her and then put her on a tarp rather than call 911.
Nor would I shoot her, put her on a tarp, not call 911, and then shoot her two more times.
Nor would I shoot her, put her on a tarp, not call 911, shoot her two more times, and then leave the room to find another weapon so I could shoot her point blank under the chin.
Nor would I shoot her, put her on a tarp, not call 911, shoot her two more times, leave the room to find another weapon so I could shoot her point blank under the chin, and then wrap up the tarp,eat dinner and watch TV.
Byron Smith is the subhuman one in this story.
Sounds like he had a bit of a breakdown after the first shooting.
It seems obvious, but, you know, we have such a respect for Life and Christian values around here, I don’t think your point is going to get through.
He certainly is.
I guess it would have been better if he had just shot her 100 times to begin with like a cop would have.
I have no problem with someone shooting a person who has broken into their house.
But what you describe goes well beyond the definition of excessive. If you shoot someone in defense of yourself and your property, it needs to stop at the point where the threat has been eliminated. This guy basically “bounced the rubble”, and if the girl was still alive when that last shot was taken it goes from “self-defense” clear past “murder” and right into “execution”
Every bad thing that happened that night was a direct result of the bad choices made by the perps...period.
Exo 22:2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
He might have waited for them to break in his house but he did not know they would or when and if they would be armed. The adrenaline would have a powerful effect on a 65 year old man. I don’t think it was 1rst degree murder.
well if they get caught and then get angry coming back for revenge , like happened in my neighborhood. You just might want to make sure nobody comes back. I think that if someone broke into my mothers house,she is in her 80's and lives alone, multiple times. Well besides moving her in with me,which she will refuse, I'd eliminate any doubt of the little burglar ever doing it or having her friends hurt my mom.
in fact ,the way this old fool is yapping he's obviously not a thug but just an old dottering fool that got scared, fed up and very angry. If he was a criminal or really laying a trap, he'd of shut his pie hole and just stated his name and lawyers name.
guess the burglar won't be coming back,eh? Doesn't bother me in the least. My chief concern would be cleaning up the mess and getting rid of the smell and the ringing in my ears from shooting a weapon indoors.
Yep. Those are not the actions of a man in fear of his life.
I would have shot her........making the rest of your silly comments irrelevant........
You’re going to get a lot of crap for this from people who claim to be prolife.
A teenage girl can still beat an elderly man to death, if she gets the upper hand. The "unarmed" girl can also pull a knife or gun from concealment. You don't KNOW she's unarmed until you've thoroughly searched her, something NOT advised for a lone old man.
I would not have taken a chance. I would have shot her as soon as I saw her, and would have put enough bullets into her that I was sure she would stay down while I called police. Even down, she would still have the potential ability to draw a concealed gun and shoot me as long as she was alive.
I have no problem with a man who has been victimized before setting a “trap” for the burglars (and we know he was a previous victim, probably of these same two hoodlums, or it would be a remarkable coincidence that they struck as soon as he set the stage). If they are obsessed enough with stealing from him to come just because his car is gone and the lights are out, I’m okay with the criminals ending their lives of crime.
I have no problem with shooting a criminal breaking into your home who startles you, in some sense creating a justifiable fear for your life, even if you were expecting them to break in eventually.
I have a huge problem with continuing to shoot once the disgusting thug is down - he should have stopped once the threat was ended. As someone else said, if he wanted them dead, he should have gone with a 12 gauge and buckshot or similar load for the first shot.
Whether I would find him guilty of the crime he clearly committed or go with jury nullification depends on a lot of details, beyond the fact that I think he’s a danger only to criminals, probably. However, it seems likely that he is at least technically guilty.
Forgiveness? Sure. I would not hold a grudge against the dead criminals. Their lost chance to reform? They had several chances to reflect on their previous crimes and realize that the harm done to their victims should have outweighed their joy in getting high off the proceeds, and they chose not to take advantage of those opportunities.
Potatoes, potatoes, methinks you are an enabler. Your opinion, mine. Life goes on.