Why would he need to shoot a dead man? /sarcasm
He had no way of knowing what kind of guns they had. And even if he knew, why should he allow them to destroy his property.
You point something that looks like a gun at me, especially in the dark, and I’ll do exactly the same thing.
I don’t care if it’s a paintball gun, an airsoft gun, or a cap gun. If you point it at me, I’m not obliged to wait until the first round is fired before I shoot.
Give that man a medal.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
You don’t shoot at someone or their house in Texas.
My son told me that in NH where he lives, nobody locks their doors. Some houses we were looking at had electronic security systems, and I said to him that I thought that for people in NH their security system was their gun safe.
He said it is and the reason nobody breaks into anyone’s house is because they’d be to likely to be shot.
Good lesson for vandals...
Victim? How bout perpetrator.
The home owner had better not be charged. The rabid, adult attacker got what he deserved.
JoMa
He showed a lot of restraint, only killing one.
Sounds like the homeowner didn't "mistake" the gun for a firearm -- it was a firearm. The definition of a firearm in the U.S. Code includes "any type of weapon . . . by whatever name known which will . . . expel a projectile by the action of an explosive or other propellant, and which has any barrel with a bore of more than one-half inch in diameter."
18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(4)(B)
These “ teens” probably thought their skin color would protect from them from any consequences of their actions.
I love a story with a happy ending.
Proof IQs are dropping.
Actions have consequences. The parents failed these children. They should have taught them respect for other people and their property. Jail the parents!
Too bad it was just one. Killing all of them would have been appropriate in this case.
Probably have to move after that though. No doubt the parents/brothers/sisters/cousins/etc would get revenge if they can. Still might.
You put a glass marble in a paintball gun and it can kill.