On the other hand, the father must be a complete moron who deserves to spend the rest of his life in jail: not only did he overreact (a beating should have been quite sufficient), but he fired into the room without regard for whom he might injure, the boyfriend or his daughter.
With Daddy going away, the girls family will be a shambles and whatever her future plans may have been, they'll undoubtedly be revised downward. IF he has any assets, he'll surely lose them in the civil lawsuit the boy will file. In trying "protect" his daughter, he's ruined his entire family's life, probably permanently. Way to go, Dad!
“I suppose there is a certain irony about the boyfriend probably ending up with no feeling below the waist .... he certainly won’t be in a position to mess with anyone else’s little girl again.”
Not necessarily true.