Texas birth control?
We have places for people that do that.
Prison.
Another account adds that the father called 911 before the kid started giving him a hard time and at least appearing to reach for a weapon.
Not justified.
Guns don’t kill people, men with pretty daughters do.
it begatsthe question...why is this boy in her room @ 2:00AM on a Wednesday night/Thursday morning.
Gives new meaning to Wednesday being “hump” day.
Tough call. Daughter’s wrong. Dead kid is wrong. It’s the dad’s property and the dead kid was not welcome. But he...might be...wrong for killing the kid.
This certainly sends home the dad’s point that the boyfriend is not welcome.
Unless the kid threatened the dad in anyway an introduction to flight characteristics through a window might be an object lesson.
Ain’t but one way out baby, Lord I just can’t go out the door.
>> It was when the boy made a sudden move, as if to grab something, the 55-year-old man opened fire...
He damn well better stick to that story!
Useful add-ons:
“I was a-feared for my life.”
“I thought I’d be kilt.”
“It looked like a knife, and I was only 5’ away from him.”
“I thought he was a-takin my little daughter hostage with that woody [delete “woody”] pointed object.”
Unless there is something surprising in evidence, I would vote not guilty. I also hope I would be able to hold back if it was my daughter.
It’s sad that the daughter has a 2:00 am guest a week after moving (I hope he’s an old boyfriend from before a short-distance move and not a guy she met in the week they lived there). It’s sad that that brother will feel guilty for snitching and destroying at least one life. It’s sad that the father may face trial. It’s sad that a scummy guy who would sneak into a house without the parents’ permission, and who richly deserves some serious consequences, got the ultimate consequence.
While it is quite possible that this was manslaughter out of anger, a split-second decision after a real or invented “cool, an excuse!” movement by the intruder, I doubt that a felony can be proven against the father, at least not beyond reasonable doubt, not in Texas.
A jury will have to decide.
Look, Texas gives a warning all the time to all people in this state who try to cause trouble and you know what it is: DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS. Evidently, the father thought the boy was grabbing a gun/whatever, and shot him. The kid should have been in his own house instead of hiding in this man’s house.
We have reached such a high level of lawlessness across this country, I don’t fault the father. You can say he should have known this or that, but in the heat of the moment, you may be dead if you don’t shoot. A time out cannot be called and the intruder be questioned as to why he is there - that will get you killed these days.
It is this way: if someone is in my house and I didn’t let the someone in, he is here to do me harm, and I’m shooting him and won’t stop until I know he is for sure not going to move. I am 5’5” and have small bones so I am not strong and don’t have the luxury of getting him in a headlock and asking why he is here.
Old Sarge knows me well enough to know I won’t miss - a red laser is attached to my handgun and it’s loaded with hollow point ammo.. So, when you come to my house, please ring the doorbell and read the door mat which states, “Come Back With A Warrant”.
He should get 40 rs hard labor.