"I was not at all offended by your reply to me, I am of thicker skin than that.
: )
The kid or should I say the 16 year old who had an unblemished record made a bad choice one night at the wrong home ( like someone else said)
Once in a while a childhood prank goes wrong, not the first and surely not the last.
And as usual we have too little info and the kid was a saint compared to the EVIL homeowner who is portrayed as a right wing gun hack who shoots to kill.
No the story does not portray that like I just did but if you reread the story it does just that.
Anyway all day i looked for new stories on this matter and since it did turn into a debate here I hope I or someone else will follow up on this.
BTW I am not a gun owner and I have had my car vandalized in front of my home 2 times.
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Fair enough. I figured you to have "skin" at least thicker than duct tape. You are here aren't you? : )
I'm suspect/critical of the LameStream media....probably more than the average FReeper. And it's not only probable, it's highly likely "we" don't have the whole story here.
I just find the story as we know it right now...a sad commentary. I'm not that old..and I clearly remember playing in the neighborhood on summer nights...Did we play hide-n-seek till 11:00 p.m.? Sometimes...I'll bet we probably did. Did we ring the neighbors door-bells and run...? Yes, we did. Did we hop back-yard fences to retrieve our balls, and toys. Yeah, we did. I guess by the letter of the law we trespassed..and harassed the neighbors. We always thought we were just being kids.
Now mind you...we surely weren't 16 years of age either...We were 8 thru 13 yrs old..more than likely.
I've almost said..."But for the grace of God, there go I". But...we live in way different times. And I don't think anyone would have pulled a gun on us..and shot us then.
FWIW-