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Ruling: Boy, 14, acted in defense (intruder had lengthy criminal record)
Caller.com ^
| October 13, 2006
| barbara ramirez
Posted on 10/13/2006 10:52:32 AM PDT by holymoly
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When police arrived, they found 57-year-old James Slaughter dead with a gunshot wound to his head. Police said he had been shot by the teen after the boy and his mother were able to free themselves and grab a revolver from a security box under a bed.IMO A brave young man, and a damned good shot.
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posted on
10/13/2006 10:52:33 AM PDT
by
holymoly
To: holymoly
May this young man get over his very justifiable action and move on with his life.
Way to go kid!
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posted on
10/13/2006 10:56:12 AM PDT
by
FixitGuy
To: holymoly
Don't threaten a boy's mom.
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posted on
10/13/2006 10:58:17 AM PDT
by
wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
To: holymoly
Head shots will do the trick!
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posted on
10/13/2006 10:58:33 AM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: holymoly
This should never have come to a grand jury, and the kid should not have been forced to go to a "security box", so-called, for his revolver. The "security box" is more properly termed an insecurity box, as it delays access to a defensive weapon.
To: holymoly
This young man should have been given a metal, not jail time!
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:02:55 AM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(To attack one section of Christianity in this day and age, is to waste time.)
To: holymoly
Coroner's report: too much lead in the head, so he's dead.
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:06:22 AM PDT
by
azhenfud
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
To: holymoly
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:08:09 AM PDT
by
300magnum
(We know that if evil is not confronted, it gains in strength and audacity, and returns to strike us)
To: netmilsmom
Did the boy go to jail? I didn't gather that from the article.
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:08:31 AM PDT
by
azhenfud
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
To: Jack Hammer
No Kiddin ! How about this ?
I guess, as far as we're concerned, this was a completely justified shooting...
I guess ????
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:08:34 AM PDT
by
stylin19a
("Klaatu Barada Nikto")
To: 300magnum
Was this in Texas??!I believe so. "Caller.com" (The Caller-Times) is in Corpus-Christi.
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:11:11 AM PDT
by
holymoly
("A lot" is TWO words.)
To: blackie
My favorite - the wheelgun. Ease of operation is fundamental.
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:11:38 AM PDT
by
Westlander
(Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
To: Jack Hammer
This should never have come to a grand jury, Actually, I think it is better for him to have been formally cleared by the GJ. It removes any cloud that was hanging over him.
To: DaveLoneRanger
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:15:16 AM PDT
by
300magnum
(We know that if evil is not confronted, it gains in strength and audacity, and returns to strike us)
To: holymoly
Guy got what he deserved. Saves us some tax dollars.
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:15:56 AM PDT
by
Independentamerican
(Independent Senior at the University of MD)
To: holymoly
In 1983, he was shot by San Patricio County Sheriff Leroy Moody and by a deputy after he refused to drop a rifle during a confrontation...Hate to say it, but none of this would have happened if Sheriff Moody had done his job correctly in the first place. Right or not (and he WAS right, obviously), this kid is still going to have to live with this for the rest of his life and he is going to suffer inevitable condemnation from the sheep for being a young sheepdog. Like a combat vet, he may suffer from the stress syndrome.
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:18:56 AM PDT
by
ExSoldier
(Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
To: Henry Wilson
Actually, I think it is better for him to have been formally cleared by the GJ. It removes any cloud that was hanging over him. Unless the prosecutor's name is Ronnie Earle, in which case he'd just keep shopping grand juries until he bullied one into issuing a flimsy indictment for show.
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:19:38 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
To: holymoly
Kid deserves a medal and the N.R.A. should hire him as a shooting instructor.
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:22:48 AM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
(an enemy of islam)
To: Henry Wilson
What cloud? Sorry, I don't agree.
To: holymoly
How is the kid doing?
It's never easy...even when necessary, and he's probably going to need someone to talk to about it.
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:25:38 AM PDT
by
Maelstrom
(To prevent misinterpretation or abuse of the Constitution:The Bill of Rights limits government power)
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