The stupid, it burns.
Seventeen year olds can be weapons.
You have lived a blessed life, and have not everyday facts. Other people are not so lucky as to retain the ignorance from whence your posts are completely drawn.
I disagree with your insults. Having said that, yes, I have had a blessed life. I have had a gun shoved in my face several times, and talked my way out of it without getting harmed. I've had knives pulled on me, and again, talked my way out of harm. There are other instances where I've been jumped by hoodlums and got a beat down but lived with bruises. I know very well that seventeen-year-olds can be weapons, having been at the receiving end of their fists.
But this all has nothing to do with an ignorant idiot homeowner blindly shooting away at punks in his garage because he has a trigger-happy finger. The idiot may end up in prison because he doesn't responsibly use a firearm. I hope you don't end up in a similar situation and fire first rather than use your brains.