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In reply to the discussion: 13-year-old SC boy shoots and kills intruder while home alone [View all]Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)100. Nicely played, Mr. Rhetorical!
         
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        I would consider two guys breaking into my home not a perceived threat, but an actual threat.
        Waldorf
        Nov 2015
        #60
      
        
        Your attitude is precisely why cops have gotten away with murder for so many years.
        Buzz Clik
        Nov 2015
        #34
      
        
        "Only thing...attacked was the door:" Only thing torpedoed was Lusitania's hull plating.
        Eleanors38
        Nov 2015
        #54
      
        
        Not for these guys: lethal force is always justified whenever a threat exists (real or perceived)
        Buzz Clik
        Nov 2015
        #24
      
        
        I've actually BEEN in that situation. (warning: way more than one sentence)
        Lizzie Poppet
        Nov 2015
        #91
      
        
        If you consider an intelligent, properly spelled, properly punctuated, literate reply
        Ghost in the Machine
        Nov 2015
        #118
      
        
        He didn't *have* to run out the front door, SC's "castle doctrine" laws
        Ghost in the Machine
        Nov 2015
        #84
      
        
        You STILL don't get it, and continue to defend criminals, so all I can say is...
        Ghost in the Machine
        Nov 2015
        #97
      
        
        Since you believe that the child is guilty, and the other two are innocent.
        oneshooter
        Nov 2015
        #116
      
        
        Hell, he can't even get the story right, and keeps defending the criminals
        Ghost in the Machine
        Nov 2015
        #115
      
        
        Could have run out the front door into the other two guys breaking in from the front.
        beardown
        Nov 2015
        #117
      
        
        Damn, I swear to God I have debated you before in a dark, damp hole in a rock.
        Buzz Clik
        Nov 2015
        #27
      
        
        The fact that they were trying to break in and shoot inside the house PROVE that they were a threat.
        beevul
        Nov 2015
        #30
      
        
        And always leave a loaded gun or two lying around when you leave your kids home alone.
        stone space
        Nov 2015
        #53
      
        
        No, I don't think he should risk his life, that's  why I asked why he didn't leave.
        SunSeeker
        Nov 2015
        #73
      
        
        There's really no point to this conversation, you are creating your own facts.
        SunSeeker
        Nov 2015
        #75
      
        
        LOL it is amusing too see them flip out about stories of this nature..
        virginia mountainman
        Nov 2015
        #72
      
        
        You don't want a debate -- you want only to attempt to humiliate your "opponents."
        Buzz Clik
        Nov 2015
        #104
      
        
        Breaking into an occupied residential dwelling is considered a potentially lethal threat
        branford
        Nov 2015
        #96