[Grunthor]

“The teen opened fire with a shotgun while his 17-year-old sister hid in a closet.....”

No ladies and gentlement, the genders are NOT equal.

[JRandomFreeper]

The big bonus comes when she's 50 and he's 47, and she's gritching at him about something... and he can say "Remember when I was a tender child of 14, and you were nearly an adult, and you hid in a closet while I fought off 4 bad guys?".

Dude, that's worth gold.

/johnny

[SampleMan]

My 14 yr old was just asking me last night what she should do if a similar situation presented itself.

My answer had to do with “center mass”.

[naxetevitan]

No ladies and gentlement, the genders are NOT equal.

Well, they would be if their daddies would teach them. Every young lady should be taught the proper procedures to follow during a home invasion. No child left behind! :)

[heartwood]

It is just possible the brother and sister decided that catching sight of a young woman would give the thugs an added incentive to break in.

Still, a shotgun in her hands should have been a disincentive.

Perhaps the family should invest in a second shotgun?

[yldstrk]

That’s right. The men are supposed to protect the women, not prey on them