The sheriff's office said the woman, who was not at the home, had called deputies before the shooting to report two trespassers on her property. She also called Metz, who drove over to the home and allegedly blocked the teen's car from leaving, KUSA reported.

Metz then got out of his vehicle and is alleged to have fired one round through the windshield of the teen's car, the station reported.

These fuckeits refuse to ever just let a situation de-escalate on its own

Like, you drive there to make them leave, prevent them from leaving. And shoot at the fucking driver before speaking to them.

We can't ignore the real life consequences of all this fucking fear mongering.

The teen is recovering.

In case you were wondering

Oh s---, my gun just went off

Weird, I'd been told they don't do that.

What are the odds that the teen is darker than a peach color?

This is the inevitable outcome of the combination of the proliferation of guns in the US + the over-the-top fearmongering of certain high-profile personalities (specifically on the right). It was never going to end any other way.

Scare people into thinking everyone is out to get them and tell them they have to arm themselves, and you get tragedies like this: the guy that shot a teenaged girl through his front door when she was looking for help. This kid shot in the face looking for a place to take pictures.

People like Tucker Carlson and all similar scaremongers (too many to name) are partly to blame for this. I’m old enough to remember the red scare, where average people thought communists were hiding in every suburban neighbourhood, and also the satanic panic – this is all that but on steroids.

Everyone isn’t out to get you. They never were. But people are becoming millionaires by riling people into killing each other *for no reason *, and unlike back then, now everyone is armed and convinced to shoot first like every place is the fucking OK Corral.

e: and to add a layer of irony, yes, Wild West high-noon shootouts are the same kind of myth-sayings as boiling frogs – pretty much all old west towns required you to surrender your guns to the sheriff on entry. Things were actually safer back then.

It wasn’t even his house; it was his girlfriend’s. She thought they were trespassers, she called him for help (she also called the sheriff) and he showed up pointing a gun.

We need to admit that some of the people fanatical about guns... really want to kill someone with one.

I was going to say that "stand your ground" laws shouldn't exist when so many people are terrified of shadows.

But that's it isn't it? If they're terrified of shadows then a gun and a power fantasy is the answer.

When thinking you are the good guy with a gun goes wrong....

This is why stand your ground laws can't realistically exist in places that aren't sparsely populated. Because someone will read "defend your property and life with force if necessary" as "act as a raging lunatic and attempt to shoot anyone who comes at the door because it's legal to do so if you claim you were defending your property, even though there was no indication of actual imminent danger to property or people".

In my country we don't have stand your ground laws. You can only defend yourself in case of an attack, but not drive away a thief. You're supposed to run and call the police, but I keep wondering if a legal framework like the US where you weren't legally punished for attacking a thief in your house wouldn't be fairer but then there's news like this.

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That teen is lucky to have survived. Getting shot in the face is incredibly lethal.

Well, there ya go. All the proof you need that there’s clearly no gun problem in America.

/s

EDIT: I’d love for the cowards downvoting this to step up and be heard. Come on, speak your mind.

So I'm reading idiot who can't read a situation and who is super scared, also has shit trigger discipline and as a result a kid was injured and possibly damaged for life... we really need to at the very least make training a requirement, even just a written exam would help...

This crazy fuck was on the city council?

Oh shit, my gun just went off

I'm not sure what he was expecting the gun to do. You never point at anything or anyone you don't intend to destroy. Treat every gun as if it has a hair-trigger.

Reminder that guns don't just "go off" and anyone that suggests this should be disregarded as the nincompoop they very clearly are.

If I can't Shoot a Teenager in the Face you're INFRINGING ON MY SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS! Now let me Save The Children!

Clearly no gun problem in America