Shooter had right to protect his home, family of badly wounded Buffalo boy says

[AK68]

I saw this the other day, it happened on the East side, that decaying part of the city.
I'm surprised at this point the home owner hasn't been charged with something. You can't have people going all "Joe Biden" with their shotguns. But I'm even more surprised by the response of the boy's family.

Shooter had right to protect his home, family of badly wounded Buffalo boy says

 

[Kwalsh]

You mean buffalo has a non decaying section????

 

[Exonautic]

At least the family knows, stupid games award stupid prizes.

 

[Prudii]

"The use of physical force, but not deadly force, is allowed in defending a person's own home when the crime involved is larceny or criminal mischief – like the breaking of a window."

I don't know anything about the DA in Buffalo but I'd wager he will be arrested. I'd like to think that if it went to trial he would be aquited, but this is NY and a urban areas at that.

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

At least the family knows, stupid games award stupid prizes.

This. I give them some respect for the fact they're not crying out racism or "he was a good boy and wouldn't do this, I'm gonna sue!"

 

[Cooolone]

"The use of physical force, but not deadly force, is allowed in defending a person's own home when the crime involved is larceny or criminal mischief – like the breaking of a window."

Problem there is having the homeowner ascertain the "intent" of the person breaking and entering... Because every single liberal progressive would believe they just needed to use the bathroom or borrow some sugar!!!

 

[MothMan]

Using a 20 gauge as a home defense weapon imagine that!!

 

[HighlandLofts]

I give the family an A+ for seeing the situation as it is.

Break my window and enter my home the family will need a funeral home.that shit don,t fly with me. I don,t care what color you are.

 

[Mr. terzmo]

I think PRUDDI is correct unfortunately. So if someone tosses a baseball and it goes through a basement window of a home you are in, it's justifies a shooting ?
And you are in the basement at that time. What happened to "life threatening situation " I don't care to see an old man go to jail, but I don't agree with his action.

 

[VietnamEraVet]

I predict the DA will prosecute him, and afterwards, the family will change their tune and sue. While I think his response would go a long way to stopping the decline if it was used with regularity, I just don’t see where it is allowable under NY’s Article 35 on use of deadly force. OK, he didn’t kill the kid, - but he certainly could have...

 

[Robin]

DA: We must make an example of this man! Ya think, maybe?
Robin

 

[cgrutt]

"Just fired a warning shot" into the face and chest of a 12 y/o boy... seems like use of deadly physical force to me. Family seems to be stand up. Thoughts and prayers to their boy. What a shame.

 

[dsdmmat]

Warning shots need to be placed in the center of the chest. That give the perp plenty of warning that you mean business.

 

[Phazer]

Bald told The Buffalo News on Friday he "sent a warning shot out the hole they already put in the window." ​

Homeowner blindly fired a shotgun through a hole that was just created in his window by an unknown, unidentified, assailant.

I'm sorry, but despite the possibility that the homeowner's actions may have prevented a home invasion he acted recklessly.

He never identified his target.
He did not know what else was in his field of fire.
He showed no regard for what could have been beyond his (unidentified) target.

You can bet that if the kid that was shot is ever able to communicate again, he'll admit to vandalism. After that, the homeowner's life will be destroyed for having used "overwhelming disproportionate force" that gerviously injured a kid that "just threw a rock and injured nobody."

I understand the desire to protect one's home. If I was in that situation, and the perpitrator tried to enter through the window after the rock, I'd fire as many rounds as necessary to end the threat that had clearly entered my home. That said, Biden's statement was always moronic. Discharging a firearm against an unidentified threat in an urban environment is not acceptable.

 

[SomeSoldier]

I don't agree with shooting the kid if vandalism was his objective but maybe you shouldn't be a shit?? That could have prevented the whole situation.

 

[Shadow2]

By his account he shot blindly out a broken window. "Know your target and what's beyond it" reckless IMO.

 

[Phazer]

I don't agree with shooting the kid if vandalism was his objective but maybe you shouldn't be a shit?? That could have prevented the whole situation.

Yes, the kid was certainly the instigator in this situation.

The firearm-wielding homeowner, however, still had certain obligations (in addition to just protecting his home) like: knowing what the heck he was actually shooting at.

 

[Jsmegs77]

There’s more to this one, I think.

As a parent of 3 boys in baseball, I might have a certain perspective on things being thrown/hit into windows accidentally. Rarely are the thrower and the window in any kind of direct alignment, especially such that you’d take a direct center mass hit if someone fired a weapon back out the opening. This to me says the window break was more than just a dumb kid chucking a rock at random. Smells more like the first half of “breaking and entering”, to me at least.

Still does not justify returning fire, if that’s all that it was. Which we don’t know and may never find out.


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[Doc8404]

I give the family an A+ for seeing the situation as it is.

Break my window and enter my home the family will need a funeral home.that shit don,t fly with me. I don,t care what color you are.

Agree if they ENTER. which he didn’t.

 

[Jmac00]

if this was Texas, it would be a non-issue. maybe thats the problem with this state. I think the boy just learned a valuable lesson. No charges should be filed.

 

[meketrefe]

But,... I was following Joe Biden's advice!

We should be afraid of these morons. Like the guy who just shot a woman dead thinking she was a deer.

 

[HighlandLofts]

A similar situation happened here in Washington State a few years ago. The guy shot two warning shots wit in the city limits. The liberal Democrat pressed charges. It goes to court and was found not guilt. He was just following Joe Biden' advice.

Windows get broken on a daily basis. If you are going to retrieve the object you knock at the door, you do not enter the broken window.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

 

[Doc8404]

Did he enter the window?

 

[BuffNiag]

Buffalo man who shot 12-year-old boy in face won't face criminal charges

Hope the message gets out.

 

[Saltwater60]

"The use of physical force, but not deadly force, is allowed in defending a person's own home when the crime involved is larceny or criminal mischief – like the breaking of a window."

I don't know anything about the DA in Buffalo but I'd wager he will be arrested. I'd like to think that if it went to trial he would be aquited, but this is NY and a urban areas at that.

He will be arrested and convicted as he should be. We can’t and should not be able to shoot a young kid for breaking a window. I did stupid shit as a kid as do you likely. 13 year old cant make the judgement call.

 

[BuffNiag]

He will be arrested and convicted as he should be. We can’t and should not be able to shoot a young kid for breaking a window. I did stupid shit as a kid as do you likely. 13 year old cant make the judgement call.

Uhh, no. He was already cleared by a grand jury.

Breaking a window with the intent to burglarize the house isn't just dumb kid stuff either.

 

[Doc8404]

I’m surprised
1) they gave the 12 year old immunity. WTF.
2) they didn’t try to convict the man.

 

[stuck in ny]

How do the sheepies not see that it is obvious that somebody would rather commit a crime against a disarmed victim than an armed victim.

 

[GOPerfect]

All you need to know is the two kids are punks and thugs. Period!

 

[Glenn B]

"The use of physical force, but not deadly force, is allowed in defending a person's own home when the crime involved is larceny or criminal mischief – like the breaking of a window."

I don't know anything about the DA in Buffalo but I'd wager he will be arrested. I'd like to think that if it went to trial he would be aquited, but this is NY and a urban areas at that.

What about the use of force when someone has reasonable cause to believe the house is being burglarized? I seem to recall that if you have just cause to believe it is a burglary, the rules are a little different than for larceny or criminal mischief. Of course, the homeowner has a big mouth and reportedly said he was firing a warning shot.