Not if they’re black.
It’s like stealing a horse. Folks don’t take kindly to it.
How much of this tween crime can be traced back to TikTok?
Work has its dangers.
I wonder how many kids she has.
Well, the Gal that plugged the 13-year-old girl knows 13-year-old girls generally make smaller targets, so she shot straight, and saved lives!
Age and sex make no difference. A person committed a crime. Same penalty for all. Age/sex are no excuse.
I hope the car is OK.
Concur. Shooter will get jail time. Unfortunate as it sounds.
You might not go to prison for knowingly shooting a kid stealing your car.
...charged as juveniles with “attempting to possess a stolen vehicle and criminal damage to property worth less than $500."
But your lawyer bills are going to be much more than your $500.00 car.
Too bad he didn’t finish the job and get both of them.
Depends on the local/state laws.
In most jurisdictions you can shoot to protect life and limb, but not mere property.
In most jurisdictions, you have to stop shooting the instant the threat to life and limb is over.
In many jurisdictions this would be a righteous shoot, but you'd still be apt to spend a night in jail while it gets sorted out, and it might take months to get your gun back!
LEGAL concealed carry people should join USCCA, as part of the membership they would get legal coverage.
But even then, remember that no one's life, liberty, or property are safe as long a court is in session!
Police updated information on the incident, saying that the owner shot at the 13-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy who was allegedly with her, according to ABC 7.
Wait. Two honor students in Chicago were shot at while doing an AP project on car security systems? Clearly, some people just don't respect educational initiative.
Start hanging car thieves same as horse thieves.
She may learn something.
Thirteen-year-old female car thief in Chicago? She should be at home with her kids, not stealing cars.
There is a Dodge TV ad showing a boy driving the car as his father has to be schooled on the car’s good pickup. For a supposed inner child.
Isn’t that irresponsible? Didn’t notice if it said “don’t attempt. Professional drivers on closed course” or something.
Like having to tell morons at home not to jump off a mountain cliff in an ad. If they don’t say it they could lose money in court by the family of the person who imitates it.
A priest said : The Dodge Hornet tv commercial with a young boy driving & speeding in a car is very dangerous & giving boys & even girls the idea to get behind the wheel of a car to drive & speed.
Someone has to say it: This is shocking that a 13 year old would try this without any apparent inhibition, even in Chicago. Like reaching to grab a candy bar while the convenience store clerk isn’t watching her.
Dean Winters in the Allstate ads tried to warn us, someone else’s irresponsible actions could all be charged to you.
The girl obviously had no state auto insurance.
If the thief is black and the shooter is white....he’s going to jail.
If the thief is white and the shooter is black, she’s going to jail.
If the thief is black and the shooter is black.....no harm no foul, blame Whitey.
If the thief is white and the shooter is white......who cares.