The father hasn't been charged, they're debating it now. I don't see him having done anything "wrong" from a legal standpoint. Seems he covered his bases. If anything, he was just scared for his family.... blame the media for making us think everyone's trying to kill us.

You had said only one of the actions was a crime, lying, or killing. I assumed you meant the killing.

exactly. Neither of which actually happened. I think the father did about as much as he could. He didn't go in guns blazing, he called 911, he gave the kid instructions, the kid didn't follow them. Legally, he's clear. Morally, maybe. In his understanding of the situation he was protecting his family... Did he…

When an innocent is confronted in a bad situation, they fight very hard to escape a wrongful accusation. They can become very confrontational because they feel the truth will always prevail. We see this in courts from time to time, when an innocent is wrongly convicted, and have refused to plea something down that…

he DID wait. he called 911, and only shot when the kid failed to follow instructions and made a move he interpreted as going for a weapon. This wasn't an Oscar Pistorius situation where he fired blindly. He identified the person as someone who shouldn't have been there, and as a threat based on information from his…

If you're that worried, you don't sneak a boy into your bedroom.

No, he came in to protect his family from someone they told him was an intruder. Had the boy followed his instruction, instead of arguing and making what was probably a sudden movement, he would still be alive. The father did not just walk into the room and fire. He called 911 and held the boy.

Depending on the state, it's also illegal in some places to deliberately shoot to wound

after calling 911, and after refusing to comply with the fathers instructions, and after reaching for something

It wasn't his first reaction. He held him at gunpoint and called 911, it was only when the boy reached for something that he fired.

That's is exactly. He was presented as an intruder, and I think most people wouldn't make the assumption that an intruder is unarmed. He was already arguing with the father and not complying with instructions, and the father DID call 911 prior to the shooting.

Seems like that same this as stealing a stop sign the leads to a fatal collision.

Then she should have known the best way to avoid the abuse was NOT sneaking a boy into her bedroom at 2am

Lying is a crime depending on the circumstances. If I call the cops and make a false report, and someone ends up getting shot, is the cop to blame?

I wouldn't call him trigger happy, he held the boy for several minutes AND called 911. I'm pro gun control, but when the boy was already arguing and not co-operating, I'm sure he was scared for the safety of his family. If the boy was an intruder (as he was told he was) it not unreasonable not to expect him to be…

The truth would come out eventually.. What would have been next? When the cops had showed up, they'd almost certainly send the girl for a medical exam, at which point, if they had been having sex prior to the shooting, she'd be found out, or, would she claim that it was non-consensual? I understand she may not have…

Surprised it took this long to show up on Jez. The father was told by bother his son, and his daughter, that it was a stranger (the son didn't know who it was). Father didn't shoot until he a) determined he didn't know the kid and b) called 911 and c) only shot after the boy made a move the father saw as…

My Grandfather was working with the UN during the early cold war days for Norway. Not sure exactly what he did, as I'm sure it was classified and he died when I was young... But I remember seeing photos of arctic bases in his room on the walls, and I know he was inspecting weapons parts being manufactured in Canada…

same here, since yesterday

While it would be easy to fulfill some of the requirements, it would be difficult in some cases to make certain the meat hasn't been "tainted" after the fact. The best example would be to look at how fast food restaurants function in other countries where halal, hundu vegetarian, or kosher are the norm.