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Boy, 11, shot dead after playing doorbell-ringing prank in Houston, police say
(www.theguardian.com)
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Ah yes, superb firearm ownership; shooting at kids running away from you.
The only way to stop a bad kid from ringing doorbells is a good guy with a gun.
That kid was no angel.
I'm sure I missed some right-wing thought-stopping platitudes, I may be back later with more wisdom.
Maybe we shouldn't be talking about this right after it happened??!?! Give the dead child's family some time! Now is not the time for gun control arguments it's the time to come together and support the victims, especially the man who shot the child, nobody thinks of their suffering!
Not going to lie, had me going for a second.
Needs more thoughts and prayers, but still a good 9 out of 10.
But then casually post anonymous racist YouTube comments about how if he was raised better this wouldn’t have happened
Inb4 the cops find weed in their parents house.
"Find"
You forgot: The death penalty will deter others
On NextDoor somebody posted a link to this story and the comments were all "see? Kids shouldn't be ringing doorbells and running away like this." Maybe the real lesson is "don't shoot kids in the fucking back"?
The running away part adds a bonus felony in Texas in addition to the reckless discharge and I'm guessing murder II maybe negligent homicide.