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In Poland, baseball bats are recognized as lethal weapons, and you need to get a permit to own one. In Kenya, they are standard equipment for security guards, who ordinarily are unarmed. Baseball bats don't kill people---people kill people.
I wonder if a lot of people in Poland get their bats through the bat show loophole....
The other difference is the kid hit the person who was in his house and in his room and he felt threatened and took the necessary action. The old man shot two people, who had robbed someone elses house, in the back and killed them.
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Originally Posted by JTraik
Very key... what a commendable neighbor! I would certainly live in this neighborhood!
Unless it was my house and I had sent two friends over to pickup some items for me. It’s nice to have neighbors to watch over your property but if one kills a couple of people and it turns out to be a mistake as to why and what was happening (it may not have been a burglary) then two people are killed for a mistake ~ and the police had just arrived to the area. They (police) could also have been killed by this good neighbor and a shotgun in error.
I do have to say that the boy with the bat has got some guts attacking the man “inside” his own house. He did a good job of trying to let the police control the situation while on the 911 call. Things happen fast at times like this and he held his c o o l….
Interesting comparison of two home burglaries, a young 14 year old in Arizona and the 60-something old man in Texas. One with a ball bat and one with a shotgun, both on a phone call with 911 center. The 14 year old talking with the emergency center operator and having the police in the neighborhood to catch the burglar and only needing to take a swing with the ball bat and hit a homerun when the burglar entered the room and the kid couldn’t exit the window as instructed by the 911 center. The old man in Texas “refuses” to listen to the emergency operator and goes outside to kill two men while the police are just entered into the neighborhood. The young 14 year old had good judgment!
Well, of the three bad guys, which one gets to rob again?
Very key... what a commendable neighbor! I would certainly live in this neighborhood!
Every town always seems to have that one kooky neighbor that many seem to avoid. Could you imagine knowing that kooky neighbor is armed and willing to shoot people who they think is committing a crime? I wouldnt be comfortable with with my kids in that neighborhood. He’s nothing like the kid in the story.
You really have to hand it to the kid. He seemed to remain calm and cool and grabbed something to defend himself, he contacted authorities for assistance, and he hid someplace so the burglar couldn’t see him. The kid didn’t have some steven segal superhero complex, he knew to find a safe place and wait for authorities and only come out swinging when threatened.
Every town always seems to have that one kooky neighbor that many seem to avoid. Could you imagine knowing that kooky neighbor is armed and willing to shoot people who they think is committing a crime? I wouldnt be comfortable with with my kids in that neighborhood. He’s nothing like the kid in the story.
You really have to hand it to the kid. He seemed to remain calm and cool and grabbed something to defend himself, he contacted authorities for assistance, and he hid someplace so the burglar couldn’t see him. The kid didn’t have some steven segal superhero complex, he knew to find a safe place and wait for authorities and only come out swinging when threatened.
That kid is lucky. Some criminals actually have the audacity of raping and killing people during the commission of their home invasions.
Odds are this wasn't the criminal's first home invasion and it certainly won't be his last.
There's not exactly a shortage of dead crime victims today.
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