[Osage Orange]

You wrote:

"NO but my kid would have been home sleeping and not pulling such a stupid prank in todays day and age."

"I guess you condone this behavior."

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Well....let's just talk, okay? Of course I don't "condone" that type of behaviour.

I wouldn't think, and I would hope that my kids wouldn't do that either. They were and are being raised better, but sometimes kid's will do "stupid" things. As they aren't always under my direct supervision..and I cannot always keep them out of harm's way.

Now...to your original post. Taken with the context of the article in mind...I came to the conclusion, rightly or wrongly, that your mind-set was.."Tough luck for this kid...he shouldn't have been out at night anyway". Thusly your post came across to me....as cold, and emotionless. I'm sorry if you were offended by my reply.

FWIW-

[alisasny]

I was not at all offended by your reply to me, I am of thicker skin than that.

: )

The kid or should I say the 16 year old who had an unblemished record made a bad choice one night at the wrong home ( like someone else said)

Once in a while a childhood prank goes wrong, not the first and surely not the last.

And as usual we have too little info and the kid was a saint compared to the EVIL homeowner who is portrayed as a right wing gun hack who shoots to kill.

No the story does not portray that like I just did but if you reread the story it does just that.

Anyway all day i looked for new stories on this matter and since it did turn into a debate here I hope I or someone else will follow up on this.

BTW I am not a gun owner and I have had my car vandalized in front of my home 2 times.