4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: St. Louis
Posts: 3,654
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Therefore, shooting one in the back is the way to go?
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Yes, that's exactly what I said. 
What I meant was, the old man had every right to consider these kids just as much of a threat as any other burglar.
If it's true that the kid was on his knees and he shot him in the back, then he should be in jail, obviously, just as if he'd done the same to a 24-year-old habitual criminal. This is an extreme case though, so you can't use it as a reason why people shouldn't have guns for self-defense, unless you weigh it against all the people who have saved their families lives by confronting a criminal with a gun, or stopped their wife from being raped. I don't like how I make a reasonable point and three minutes later someone's accusing me of being in favor of murdering a child with Twinkies in his pocket. This is why I hardly ever post about politics on this board.
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