Man kills own son

• gut

  http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_21652311/connecticut-man-kills-masked-teen-then-finds-its
  
  Hears a neighbor cry for help @ 1AM, grabs his gun and goes outside to open fire on a masked man in her driveway. Turns out to be his 15-yr old son.
  
  This is why I don't own a gun. Can't imagine I'd be so careless, but I don't think any civilian (and some cops, apparently) knows how they'd really react in a similar situation. Even supposedly trained cops get it wrong.
  
  To me the problem is a gun emboldens people to confront situations they have no business putting themselves into.
  
  
  Well, apparently it was self-defense and the teen went at him with a shiny weapon in his hand. I guess the shocking thing in this is that no one called the police first?!?
• Manhattan Buckeye

  The whole story is messed up...according to this link:
  
  http://news.yahoo.com/conn-man-kills-masked-teen-learns-son-063653076.html
  
  It was the guy's sister that called her father.
• FatHobbit

  

  Manhattan Buckeye;1282421 wrote:The whole story is messed up...according to this link:
  
  http://news.yahoo.com/conn-man-kills-masked-teen-learns-son-063653076.html
  
  It was the guy's sister that called her father.

  So her brother was breaking into her house and the dad shot him? Sounds like Darwinism to me.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  I think it was the aunt, the shooter's sister.
  
  But I agree with your general point. There's harmless pranking and there's stupid pranking.
• gut

  Father's sister, boy's aunt. Just appears to be new/more info and not conflicting in any way.
  
  Turn all the lights on at both houses and call the police. I mean, wtf?
• gut

  Prank? Maybe, I'm interested to know what the "shiny weapon" was. If it's a real weapon, I'm not sure I'd expect it to be a prank. What I would expect was a real robbery, probably because he knew what valuables the aunt had and where they would be.
• BR1986FB

  gut;1282433 wrote:Prank? Maybe, I'm interested to know what the "shiny weapon" was. If it's a real weapon, I'm not sure I'd expect it to be a prank. What I would expect was a real robbery, probably because he knew what valuables the aunt had and where they would be.

  Plus the story I saw said the kid lunged at him with the weapon. Either way, that would be horrible.
• gut

  BR1986FB;1282454 wrote:Plus the story I saw said the kid lunged at him with the weapon. Either way, that would be horrible.

  10 to 1 after the stories of "great kid" in the immediate aftermath subside it will emerge that this was a troubled teen, probably addicted to drugs. Bath salts is the early favorite.
• WebFire

  gut;1282428 wrote:Father's sister, boy's aunt. Just appears to be new/more info and not conflicting in any way.
  
  Turn all the lights on at both houses and call the police. I mean, wtf?

  The only way I'm firing is if the bad guy is IN my house, or has pulled a gun (or another deadly weapon) on someone. Masked or not, he should not have fired at a guy in the neighbor's driveway unless a life was threatened.
• WebFire

  BR1986FB;1282454 wrote:Plus the story I saw said the kid lunged at him with the weapon. Either way, that would be horrible.

  Yeah, I am sure there is more to the story.
• Azubuike24

  

  This and the suicide on Fox News makes it a really sad news day...WTF on both.