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There has to be more to this.

Let's see: 16 year old "kids" (who should know better) are "playing" "knock on the door and run" in the middle of the night.

The homeowner is sound asleep (or even if he isn't). He hears the knock, thinks for a moment, what is this? He gets his gun, walks to the door and opens it (poor judgment on his part, you don't open the door at midnight to any knocks).

BUT THE MAIN POINT: WHY IS THE "KID" STILL AT THE DOOR.
If he really just "knocked and ran" he would be two houses over by now, and when the homeowner opens the door, there wouldn't be anyone there.

The teenager was big, as the article said: 6'2", 210 lbs. These days there are a whole lot of violent crimes committed by teenagers. Many crimes are indeed committed by knocking, then when the homeowner opens the door, pushing their way in, and robbing the house, usually violently attacking the homeowner as well, even killing him.

As I said, the homeowner should not have opened the door, he should have sat facing the door with his gun, and if somone is breaking in, then shoot them. But once he opens the door in the middle of the night and find a huge guy 6'2", 210 lbs., standing there, maybe menacingly, maybe even trying to push his way in, what would anyone think, except that whoever is standing there is up to no good. Remember this is the middle of the night.

The article only presented ONE point of view, that of the "teenagers". Do "good kids" go around knocking on doors at midnight? How do we know they weren't trying to push their way into the house? Why was the teenager still standing at the door a minute or two later, when the homeowner answered the door, if he was just "knocking and running"?

miami arrested a home invader who had an interesting tactic. Ring door bell and keep watch on peephole. When persons head blocks peephole, fire gun. Problem was there was more than one person in the house who escaped and later ID'd the thief.

Your screen name is most appropriate. Good analysis.