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Only if you make the assumption that the kids came back to do harm to her, and this article gives no evidence of that.
The problem with that line of thinking is that one cannot punish a person for what might have happened. Any number of things might have happened.
I suspect the odds of the kid growing up to be a frequent guest of the state are far greater than the odds of this old gal killing an innocent bystander.true, the kid "might" have hit her in the head with the brick and killed her...let's put him in prison for the rest of his life because he obviously is a danger to society.
Only if you make the assumption that the kids came back to do harm to her, and this article gives no evidence of that.
I suspect the odds of the kid growing up to be a frequent guest of the state are far greater than the odds of this old gal killing an innocent bystander.
That would only be a valid analogy if the state charged an impaired driver with some sort of manslaughter. It's not quite the same.You can most certainly punish someone for irresponsible behavior which could easily have gotten someone killed. That's why we nail people for DWI.
She fired a lethal weapon that she couldn't control in a highly populated area.
That would only be a valid analogy if the state charged an impaired driver with some sort of manslaughter. It's not quite the same.
By the way, this is why you don't **** with old people. They'll blow your whipper-snapper ass away.
I guess my analogy isn't that great. :shrug:No, we bust people for driving drunk even though they didn't hurt anybody.
Same thing here -- luck was the only thing that prevented a tragedy, like the death of a neighbor.
The sad part is that the little worthless children's parents will probably sue the old woman for shooting their waste of life brat.
No, we bust people for driving drunk even though they didn't hurt anybody.
Same thing here -- luck was the only thing that prevented a tragedy, like the death of a neighbor.
Elderly Woman Shoots 12-Year-Old Boy In South Shore - cbs2chicago.com
I can't believe the stupidity of people taking up for this kid. The lady did call the cops and then the kids came back. Of course the little bastard is going to deny doing anything wrong. My only complaint is that she didn't blast his nuts off to keep his sorry ass from reproducing more thugs like himself.
It was kid with a brick and a broken window. I don't think shooting them was the necessary response.
Kid + brick + window < bullet
I guess my analogy isn't that great. :shrug:
So where do we draw the line? She was obviously in a great deal of fear and the cops were not able to do anything to help her.
It was kid with a brick and a broken window. I don't think shooting them was the necessary response.
Kid + brick + window < bullet
To be fair, according to her and the neighbors it was several kids and multiple instances of property damage. If it was simply one instance I doubt anyone would be defending her.It was kid with a brick and a broken window. I don't think shooting them was the necessary response.
Kid + brick + window < bullet
The only problem I see with your argument is that drunk drivers willingly put others life at risk when they get behind the wheel. This woman was scared and trying to defend herself, that is a different scenario all together.
One's intoxicated by fear, the other by beer. You have to hold them both accountable.
To be fair, according to her and the neighbors it was several kids and multiple instances of property damage. If it was simply one instance I doubt anyone would be defending her.
I would agree whipping out a gun on these kids and blasting away was pretty damned rash, but I'm trying to think of an alternative and coming up blank. Should she have thrown the brick back at them? That's a crime and a cause of action. Should she have just drawn down on the kid without the intent of firing? That is a crime and possibly a cause of action, too. Chased them with a baseball bat? Crime and possible cause of action.I'd draw it shy of using lethal force against a kid with a brick.
You can kill someone with just about anything, so simply saying "the brick could have hurt or killed her" is a bunch of crap. You have to look at the percentages, and I'd imagine that a brick kills A LOT less often than a firearm.
Further, she was being pelted when she stood at her window to look at or yell at the kids, and when she went outside to confront them. I can understand why, but if someone's throwing heavy **** at you, putting yourself in range of the heavy **** is a dumb thing to do.
I'm not saying these kids are in the clear, they should definitely be punished. I'm just saying that she took it WAY too far with the gun.
No. She did not control it. She said she didn't intend to shoot the little ****, and yet she did.
And of course she couldn't have been telling a little white lie about that could she?
Think about it..... she just shot a kid, the cops were there, and she said she didn't mean to hit him.
Yet she did....... just by accident.
I would agree whipping out a gun on these kids and blasting away was pretty damned rash, but I'm trying to think of an alternative and coming up blank. Should she have thrown the brick back at them? That's a crime and a cause of action. Should she have just drawn down on the kid without the intent of firing? That is a crime and possibly a cause of action, too. Chased them with a baseball bat? Crime and possible cause of action.
That all depends, though. Discharging a firearm is probably a crime in that city. If a jury does not believe she had adequate provocation, they would convict her of a crime similar to attempted murder or some crime of recklessness.Here is the thing, nothing she did was a crime. The kids were trespassing and threatening her, even if she killed them I would not have felt sorry for them. There has to be consequences, and now days all people want to do is send these criminals of any age, to a therapist and then when they think they are all better, they let them go and society faces an even worse threat.
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