Hey folks, a lot of you are missing the point - he went to the house, not to aprehend the guy, but hung around outside to make sure the guy was there when the police came. The guy started getting nervous - understandable when you see somebody hanging around outside your house - so he tells him just to stay in the house, that the police are coming....what would you do at that point? I know what I would do, I'd nervously await the arrival of the police, and probably call my lawyer - because you know there is an accusation (unfounded if you're innocent) and you want your attorney there ANYTIME you are accused and being questioned.
This guy starts heading for the exit - not the "normal" response, it wasn't until the guy started reaching into his pockets that he drew his gun....and he warned him several times to take his hand out of his pockets. My impression was that he was trying to get the guy to just go back into his house.
This sounds solid all the way around. The more citizens we have that take the "I'll just wait at home until the police come" attitude, the more crime we'll have. The more citizens who decide they aren't going to be passive about the crime around them, the less we'll have.
BTW - some 13 year olds I wouldn't believe if they told me the sun would rise in the east tomorrow....some I would believe if they told me an albino gorilla, smoking a cigar was coming at me with a Tommy gun. It depends on the 13 year old - and he obviously knew his daughter and her honesty quotient better than any of us; and it is pretty presumptuous for anybody to dismiss her testimony based on her age.
I agree.
You said it better than I did!
OMG! This actually happened to me!