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marble falls

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

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 12:06 PM

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... on the days the public pool was closed or after hours. One evening my dad jumped out the back door with a wall hanger shotgun and a lit cherry bomb and we never ever had to chase them out again.

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

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

Brandishing is illegal in many states Kaleva Wednesday #3

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

Yelling often works! Kaleva Wednesday #21

They reach you in CCW class DenaliDemocrat Wednesday #5

Yes, but brandishing would have been much preferable to killing the kid Mysterian Wednesday #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 Wednesday #26

He had 20 firearms in his house . . . . SarcasticSatyr Wednesday #2

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

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

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

And he wasn't frightened. yardwork Wednesday #27

An important point. ms liberty Wednesday #33

Post removed Post removed Wednesday #8

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

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

Then call the police. DemocratSinceBirth Wednesday #13

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

How about women who wear revealing clothing? Heidi Wednesday #16

GOOD QUESTION! marble falls Wednesday #22

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

Well? How about an answer? Heidi Wednesday #29

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

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

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

dude needs to be locked up pimpbot Wednesday #17

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

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

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

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

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

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

"including police", and how. marble falls Wednesday #25

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