Sir Robin, the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot.
Who had nearly fought the Dragon of Angnor.
Who had almost stood up to the vicious Chicken of Bristol.
And who had personally wet himself, at the Battle of Badon Hill.
Like I said earlier. I polled a few hundred Americans and Europeans from varying European countries and the Europeans most popular way to attack the situation was to hide family first, then self and call cops, or hide family and confront the thief. Not kill them, most didn't want to kill them but rather detain or incapacitate so cops can get them. Here people are like UNLOAD A CLIP IN THEM!!! <-- That's fucking sick.
When you think of it...... We claim that we evolved. Don't we? We think we are a lot farther progressed than our ancestors in medieval times.
Yet, the punishment for robbery in medieval times was to get the hand hacked off...
And here we are, hundreds of years later, people justifying the murder of a robber with well deserved sentence....
We don't know that he didn't do anything with them. He had well over a day to arrange them, clean up/plant blood spatter, and to let the bodies cool to the point that exact time of death could not be measured. They also both 'conveniently' fell down stairs, so any evidence of a struggle would be covered up by the story that they fell down the stairs after being shot.
You keep saying edgy teen, Im a 23 year old man, who owns a business, pays his taxes, and works hard for his nice things. Some little dickhead breaking into my car is getting slapped around some, an 18 year old breaking into my house is getting shot, at 90 breaking into my house is getting shot. Mind you I'v owned a gun for many years now and never once shot it. I know where its hidden, i know the combination to the lock box, and i know how to turn off the safety. Im no crazed red neck psycho edgy teen. What i am is a real ass person with real ass legal rights to defend himself, his home, his property, and his rights. I just so happen to come equipped with the tools to do so, weather it be pen and paper,the power of speech, or a hand gun.
Breaking into a house to steal is a lot different that "nick-ing a purse". One happens on the street (a misdemeanor- very little jail time- usually not more than 3 years) while the other violates several laws (which is Felony- min of 5 years jail time)
The last bit of your comment is peer speculation, but given the attitude of individuals around the age bracket of those involved, it can (was in this case) be speculated that it wasn't relief but a provocation.
This is in Minnesota, where you can kill an intruder. Obviously, if they were unarmed, it's a no-brainer that you wouldn't kill them especially since it's just a couple of punks but if he felt threatened then whatever. Stupid punk teenagers; they robbed the wrong house that night.
I have had my share of brake ins.. Usually kids from the street acting tough or washed out druggies.
out of the about 5 or 6 occasions, only 2 ever came to violence. Both of them ended badly because I keep a cricket bat just in case and nailed them in the legs hard with it both times. I later found out in one case the guy had a knife.
I defended my home without lethal force.
Sir Robin, the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot.
Who had nearly fought the Dragon of Angnor.
Who had almost stood up to the vicious Chicken of Bristol.
And who had personally wet himself, at the Battle of Badon Hill.
Some bad choices cannot be taken back. They put the home owner in a rather bad predicament. One that they alone could have avoided.
May the next set of teens in the area that read this article make better decisions.
I have little to no compassion for drug addicts and those that break into homes or those that follow the former looking for fun.
Did the home owner take it to far? Sure he did but he could have killed them in one shot and nothing would have been said to him.
The cause and effect here all belongs to the teens. They are the cause of it all and suffered for it. There is little reason to give them remorse. Now an old man, possible a little mental will spend time in jail cause a drug addict and her follower decide he was a good target.
I wonder where the compassion, understanding and empathy was hiding when the teens broke in?