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LeftInTX

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15. Well, no one would have died. Wouldn't yelling be an option?

Reply to Kaleva (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 09:39 AM

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Ding dong ditch shooter waited for the kids to return [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 3 OP

Why didn't he just come out of his house and yell at them or heck even brandish a firearm? LeftInTX Sep 3 #1

Brandishing is illegal in many states Kaleva Sep 3 #3

Well, no one would have died. Wouldn't yelling be an option? LeftInTX Sep 3 #15

Yelling often works! Kaleva Sep 3 #21

They reach you in CCW class DenaliDemocrat Sep 3 #5

Yes, but brandishing would have been much preferable to killing the kid Mysterian Sep 3 #30

We had an inground pool at our house in Akron (pretty rare thing in those days). And kids would sometimes jump the ... marble falls Sep 3 #26

He had 20 firearms in his house . . . . SarcasticSatyr Sep 3 #2

seems like really, really stupid pranks with so many gun humping cowards around Skittles Sep 3 #4

So it was premeditated. He was lying in wait. And he knew they were just ding dong ditchers ms liberty Sep 3 #6

Worse..he laid eyes on them before he fired the gun..knew they were very young BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 3 #7

And he wasn't frightened. yardwork Sep 3 #27

An important point. ms liberty Sep 3 #33

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You're okay with killing someone for ringing a doorbell and running away? DemocratSinceBirth Sep 3 #10

i am not ok with children running unsupervised. rampartd Sep 3 #12

Then call the police. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 3 #13

Shooting the kids makes up for poor supervision? The death penalty for being kids? marble falls Sep 3 #14

How about women who wear revealing clothing? Heidi Sep 3 #16

GOOD QUESTION! marble falls Sep 3 #22

They should not be MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD for it. How utterly niyad Sep 3 #28

Well? How about an answer? Heidi Sep 3 #29

Any defense of this monster, any attempt to in any way justify or excuse niyad Sep 3 #31

Cause nothing says justice like shooting a retreating kid in the back from an ambush? ... marble falls Sep 3 #11

He gave an eleven year-old kid the death penalty. Aristus Sep 3 #9

dude needs to be locked up pimpbot Sep 3 #17

This right here. Some of the dumb things we all did as kids pinkstarburst Sep 3 #19

This is not new, we did this as children no internet MagickMuffin Sep 3 #32

I never did anything like that, did not tp or egg houses, make stupid niyad Sep 3 #34

If he was waiting, that's premeditated murder. sakabatou Sep 3 #18

A lot of gun people want a chance to use it JI7 Sep 3 #20

And too many will find that chance, sadly. Heidi Sep 3 #23

"including police", and how. marble falls Sep 3 #25

Why I no longer own handguns. I would make a terrible mistake, allowing things to escalate knowing I had an equalizer. marble falls Sep 3 #24