[On the Road to Serfdom]

Who whould he be yelling to if it looked like noone was there?

[Freedom2specul8]

"longtermmemmory's" opinion is that the kid was standing at the doors of all the neighbors houses until the homeowners opened their doors. The article states that when the other neighbors opened the door, no one was there. My first thought (before I read the entire article) was that a scared elderly neighbor called the guy with the gun and warned him in advance or asked him for help...but that wasn't his defense so....