"Oh... it was just youthful hijinks..."
And if it had ended in this kid victim dying from his "prank"... would you still be singing the same tune?
A crime is a crime. Rightfully, the victim of said crime, at the point of the offense, is a 1000 times more likely to punish said criminal more effectively than the legal system ever could.
I'd say getting shot at is a pretty damn good deterrent for criminal mischief and vandalism... Don't you?
A crime is a crime? Your sense of justice and responsibility comes from a cesspool.
The truly sad (maybe comical wold be more fitting) thing is that you probably consider yourself a conservative. I barely give you and those who share your sadistic, juvenile, assinine views as human.