Posted on 07/02/2009 7:11:50 AM PDT by housemouse 1
A 71-year-old Albuquerque man says he fired a gun on his two adult sons after they refused to clean the stove.
On Monday evening at a home near I-40 and Eubank, police say the father, Sammy Shannon, pulled a .38 revolver and fired at his sons after an argument about chores.
Shannon doesn’t dispute that he fired the gun. He says it’s his form of discipline.
The father says all he asked of his 22 and 29-year-old sons, who still live with their parents, was to do their chores.
“They didn't want to, so they got smart,” Shannon said.
That’s when things got physical.
“Both of them jumped on me, they knocked me down, got my arm all swolled up,” he said.
A police report says the sons jumped Shannon after he hit one of them. Then the men pinned their father down until their mother ordered them to let him up.
Shannon says he then decided to use his own brand of discipline.
Shannon admits he fired his .38, but says he didn’t aim it at his sons and would never actually shoot them.
Shannon’s sons told police they didn’t see where their father was shooting. They just started running when he started pointing the gun their way.
Shannon says his kids can still live with him, but they have to follow his rules.
“I can't feed you every day, every night, take you where you want to go, send you to college and just come here, lay up and play video games all day,” he said.
Shannon is out on bond for now. He’s being charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Now
Who’s yer daddy?
Never thought of that when the son left his room a demo site.
Grounding him and giving him the “hairy eyeball” seemed to do the trick.
Good for the old man.....if these “boys” are still living under his roof they should have to do their keep.
He should have never fired. They ran when he pulled out the .38. He should have let them keep running and never let them back in.
He has to feel like a failure to have two full grown sons playing video games all day. I know I would.
LOL white people
Tough love.
The two sons are too old to be mooching off of their father. They’ve made it clear that they’re beyond listening to him or following his rules anymore. Kick their lazy, ungrateful, butts to the curb.
welfare mentality anyone??
Firing a warning shot does not equal aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. This is total bullshit on the DA’s part.
I hope he kicked their butts out of the house now
I agree, though their age complicates this method,
if a child refuses to obey, they have excluded themselves from the role they play in the family. That role also includes the privileges of access to the family resources, including food, etc.
sons are 22 and 29
That is not tough love. That is a reaction because he doesn’t understand tough love and his kids are out of control.
The man should attend a Tough Love meeting.
The DA's really good at that.
“USS ENTERPRISE”,
What was that like?
Also what do ya think of the job they did re doing her?
Exactly. A simple solution is there. Clean the stove = eat. Don't clean the stove ='s don't eat. Your choice. No gunfire necessary.
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