Shooting through closed doors pays off...

[gunsmith]

the other home invasions story got me thinking about this one

and I had not seen the update.
I wonder how many times they were gonna let that skell outta jail?

 

[Rachen]

I want to buy this kid a drink, but he is underage,

so I guess I will buy his mom a drink and buy the kid a Henry Big Boy .44 Magnum lever rifle

Two heroes in a harrowing situation. I don't want to imagine what would happen if the service revolver was not there.

 

[SalTx]

I never understand why someone has to feel bad about doing the right thing?..

 

[David904]

I think that knowing that he saved his family's lives by doing what he did probably relieved him of most of the sense of guilt that comes with taking a life. Support from his neighbors in the community should ensure his ability to smoothly continue with his life.

I'm with Bullfrog though... If that happened in my house, I don't think that I would sleep too soundly in my house after that either. Not for quite some time at least. I'd definitely see to improving my security and contingency plans.

 

[Tim James]

Despite his feeling Slaughter never should have been paroled, Moody said ultimately the system was not to blame.

Sounds like someone is embarrassed that a boy had to do the job that the system wouldn't do.

 

[Correia]

All the people who are happy about some kid killing someone probably have never killed anyone before

I wouldn't say that.

Everybody is different. My job enables me to work with a lot of people who would be considered killers.

Some have no issue at all with taking a life. Others do. Humans are complicated, and each of us is wired different.

 

[The Real Hawkeye]

Good job! The boy should be very proud of himself. I hope he doesn't allow some social worker to convince him he should be guilt ridden for taking a human life. When someone has it coming, the correct feeling for doing them in is pride.

 

[CountGlockula]

The kid loved his mother enough to stop a deadly threat that would left him motherless.

I hope the kid grows up to be an excelled LEO.

 

[dfaugh]

All the people who are happy about some kid killing someone probably have never killed anyone before

On the money.

Did he do the right thing? Absolutely. Was he justifed? Absolutely.

Will he someday (today, tomorrow, next month, a few years from now) have a problem with the fact that he killed another human being? Probably.

No matter how heroic/righteous the killing of another may be at the time, it can also come back to haunt you in many ways, and often far removed in time. Trust me on this, speaking from experience. I sincerely HOPE this won't cause him any problems, but the potential is there.

Oddly, I'm now consider myself a devout "pacifist"...But, I also wouldn't hesitate for a split second to take out the BG, if I have to. Once upon a time I would tell you, that I wouldn't feel any remorse, but now I know better (I now have nightmares about things that happened 35 years ago, even though I was "OK" with it for many years). The human mind is a strange thing, and the results of any trauma can be wholly unpredictable, and not well understood.

 

[ctdonath]

Oddly, I'm now consider myself a devout "pacifist"...

I contend that a true pacifist is skilled in and equipped for violence - precisely so unwarranted violence can be halted as quickly and efficiently as possible. Namby-pamby "pacifists" actually cause more harm by not stopping harm when they are capable (or should be) of doing so.

Remember the Shaolin monks: completely pacifist, invented and perfected Kung-Fu. Go figure.

 

[The Real Hawkeye]

I think it has a lot to do with how society responds to the killing. If he is universally hailed as a hero, he is much less likely to have problems with it at any time. If the leftists keep telling him how he must be suffering inside for having done that, then that's what he will eventually start to feel. The human species is very much psychologically influenced by societal reactions to their conduct. It's almost unavoidable. But, in my opinion, the appropriate response for the boy to feel is pride in having done the right and courageous thing when the moment of truth was upon him. This is the response we should, as a society, encourage in him.

 

[hunttheevil]

+1 on the heavy burden. This young man did what he had to do to protect his family. He will definitely need counseling and will spend a long time getting past this experience. I would expect the family to relocate as he will no doubt have fears being in this home.

 

[Jerry Morris]

He did the right thing, but the cigar money would best be spent on counseling, he's got that particular burden on his conscience the rest of his life, and the questions about the incident won't stop until long afterwards.

Counceling? I'd council the kid he does want to go through life cleaning toilet bowls, but he should not be too upset if he has to, now and again!

Some things NEED to be done!

Jerry

 

[MechAg94]

I hope this kids gets the encouragement and support that he needs to reinforce that he did the right thing. There are some idiots out there that would tell him he should feel bad about it.

Do all these shoots have to turn into a big philosophy discussion?

 

[Caimlas]

As
claer and "righteous" as this shooting appears to be, something like
this is a heavy burden to bear.

Not as heavy as 6' of dirt.

 

[ChiefThunderstick]

I second the remark about the six feet of dirt. The perps name was Slaughter, talk about poetic justice.