Teens and guns

[KBCraig]

Yes, we must keep guns out of the hands of teenagers! Why, if this boy hadn't had access to his father's revolver, a man would still be alive today!

Of course, the boy and his mother would probably be dead.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chr ... 47120.html

Oct. 9, 2006, 8:26PM
Corpus Christi teen kills burglar in home, police say

CORPUS CHRISTI — A 14-year-old boy shot and killed a man who broke into his family's home today and threatened to kill him and his mother, Police Chief Bryan Smith said.

Smith said the man, whose name was not immediately known, confronted a woman as she was carrying groceries into her home shortly before 1 p.m.

The man forced her inside and tied up her and her son. Smith said the woman was able to loosen the binding and free her son, who got his father's revolver from a security box beneath a bed.

As the man tried to break into the room where the two were and threatened to kill them both, the teen fired a shot through the door and hit the intruder in the head, Smith said.

[carlson1]

Plus 1 for the Good Guys! I wonder if this will make the alphabet news?

[KBCraig]

I wonder if this will make the alphabet news?

Not outside of Texas. The world will be too focused on the Columbine wannabe firing a MAC-90 into the ceiling.

[Crossfire]

As the man tried to break into the room where the two were and threatened to kill them both, the teen fired a shot through the door and hit the intruder in the head, Smith said.

All right! Give that kid a cookie! And kudos to the parents for having the good sense to teach the young man how to shoot!

[phddan]

Wow!!!
No snippets from the police about wondering if they will file charges, or chastizing the public for defending themselves?!

I applaud the mother and teen for not giving up, and working thru the situation to a favorable outcome.

Dan

[lrb111]

Teach your children well..........

[TxBlonde]

That Kid needs a medal.

[Mithras61]

That Kid needs a medal.

Sadly, he will probably also need some counseling. Killing someone can be very traumatic. He's a hero, but we don't want it to devolve into something ugly.

[TxBlonde]

Right, I could not even imagine what might be going through his head.

[ElGato]

That Kid needs a medal.

Sadly, he will probably also need some counseling. Killing someone can be very traumatic. He's a hero, but we don't want it to devolve into something ugly.

That fit's everyone, us included.

[Boma]

Fired a single shot through the door and hit him in the head!