[Talisker]

Kid might be in trouble for shooting after the guy left and was fleeing. Would have been better, legally speaking, if he shot the bastard dead in the living room.

But what the hell - “child endangerment” for leaving an 11 year old alone home in their house? Is that serious? WTF?

[Farmer Dean]

The parents thought he was mature enough to be left at home alone.Then he proved that they were right.

[TangoLimaSierra]

But what the hell - “child endangerment” for leaving an 11 year old alone home in their house? Is that serious? WTF?

I'd call it child empowerment.

[kingu]

I get what you're saying, now find a jury who will discount the argument that the man showed a firearm, threatened to kill and was simply going to a place of cover to carry out the threatened deed.

Strikes me as a valid shoot.

[A CA Guy]

Minors are not legally as responsible as adults, especially while removing a predator.

[RipSawyer]

“But what the hell - “child endangerment” for leaving an 11 year old alone home in their house? Is that serious? WTF?”

By that age I was a farm hand and quite used to being left alone in the field walking behind a plow or in the woods swinging an ax or doing some other chores, I had learned to handle a draft horse before I was eleven. When I wasn’t alone I was usually working with my brother who was three years older, we cut oak trees three feet and more in diameter with a two man saw and split the logs into firewood with axes. We also went hunting and fishing for meat to put on the table.