Kid should be arrested for having a gun. Parents to be arrested for child abuse (11yo left alone) and had access to a gun. No reason to read article comments. Also kid most likely to be suspended from school, sent to counseling for pointing a gun, endangering someone, ect ect ect ....
Give that kid a badge and he will clean up the neighborhood.
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I do like this one, however: "Terrible parenting. Who loads a home self-defense gun with FMJ rounds? A decent parent would have put JHPs in that gun. None of this through-and-through wounding nonsense. A caring parent would have enabled their child to inflict maximum hydro-static shock in this criminal."
Kid might be in trouble for shooting after the guy left and was fleeing. Would have been better, legally speaking, if he shot the bastard dead in the living room.
But what the hell - “child endangerment” for leaving an 11 year old alone home in their house? Is that serious? WTF?
1. Maybe this is the best thing that could happen to the meth-head. He has a chance to dry out a bit in the hospital and re-think his life. (No, I don’t think it’s likely, but it’s a possibility.)
2. Good for the kid. The article did say that the family had been robbed before. I bet they won’t be robbed much any more.
From the article:
“Once the man made it outside, Chris fired a warning shot. The man, who was carrying a stolen laundry hamper, began running. Chris emptied the clip, firing off 12 shots by the time the intruder neared a fence in the family’s front yard, the 11-year-old told the station.”
Good thing he’s only 11. Otherwise, he’d be in jail.
That might work in movies but in real life the lowlife has NO SENSE OF HONOR ... the perp would have killed the boy if he had thought the gun was real.
When confronting a thug in your home do NOT make the mistake to giving him a 'fair chance to do right'... they will take that opportunity to kill you. If thugs had any concept of 'fair' they would NOT be robbing your home.
The boy should have hid OR shot the man.
No warnings.
Also, thank God the man's father taught him how to use a gun and how to protect himself...
An eleven year old male generally has a disadvantage in the maturity necessary to properly speak about or respond to, a home invasion incident like this, but comprehensive training would help. This boy is an easy target for a foul ball reporter seeking to discredit him and his family.
Nobody's perfect, but families should engage in training and discussion for all emergency situations.
The story says that the boy was petting the dogs when the trouble started.No mention of the dogs after that.The family needs to upgrade their dogs,Good dogs would be right in the middle of the fight.
In my state, “a person may not store or leave a loaded firearm in a location where the person knew or should have known that an unsupervised child would gain access to the firearm.”
I taught my kids to shoot and how to answer the inevitable questions if they had to shoot. “I’m not supposed to touch the guns without my parents there, but I’ve watched my dad unlock the safe so I could guess the combination. I was afraid that the intruder would hurt me or hurt a family member. I don’t want to say anything else until I talk with my dad and with a lawyer.” Then don’t say anything at all until a parent and a lawyer are both present.
My kids were taught not to shoot unless they could say that truthfully, and not to get into a situation where they could not reach a loaded firearm in time. Weapons first, cell phone second, retreat third and only if the entire family can get out safely in an emergency.
Who was crying like a baby? Headline rejected.
Yep - next headline up: "Social Services Removes 11 Year Old From Negligent/Abusive Household".....
The intruder said he would kill the boy. You can bet your bottom dollar, he was going to kill that boy.
“brags”?
He’s ELEVEN!!!
Get over it!
The Post and commenters would rather read about a dead 11 year old, and the murderer at large.
If he would have been my child, I would keep him from the media and admonish him to keep his mouth shut. If he must say something, just say, “I was scared shitless when I saw that he had a gun, I really don’t know what happened.” Because you can bet your ass that Child Protective Services are going to be all over this like white on rice.
What kind of title is that ... when an 11 year old was almost killed by an intruder. They are blaming the kid.
I think he fired 10 or 11 shots. The last shot struck home. That boy needs to hit the range soonly. I am very disappointed.
He had to shoot the laundry basket in order to save it.