[wideawake]

You don’t hit women.

[NorthFlaRebel]

You don’t hit women.

True, and you don't beat up, shoot at or try to kill a male that your daughter chose to have sex with.

[SwankyC]

“women” dont hide their lovers in the closet either.

[Edward Watson]

I guess you haven’t met a lot of women ...

LOL!!!

[airborne]

You don’t hit women.

Shooting through a closed door...

How did he know he wasn't going to hit his daughter?

[Motherhood IS a career]

You don’t hit women.

I agree. But that's not the point.

#1. She's not a woman -- she's 17.

#2. Who said anything about her father hitting her? (The mother should do it! LOL... just kidding.) But seriously, unless she was being raped (in which case the shooting is deserved,) daughters should be held responsible for their fair share of the action.

#3. What time on Tuesday did this take place? Someone mentioned the "middle of the night" , but the article does not say that.

#4. Were they dressed, undressed, or partially dressed/undressed?

There is a lot of information missing here, and many of us are just filling in those blanks.

I think the beating was probably deserved. The shooting was stupid. Not so much because he paralyzed the boy, but because you have to be a damn idiot to shoot through a CLOSED door when YOUR DAUGHTER is standing on the other side!! It's fools like him who give anti-gun nuts a leg to stand on.

Besides, if you're going to kill the boy, there are better ways to do it right, not hot-headed and half-assed.

PS - The boyfriend, who was 19, could have been charged with statutory rape. Instead, he is now the victim, and the dad is charged with a felony. Stupid.