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TALLADEGA, Ala.-- Home school student Chris Gaither, 11, was alone Wednesday morning when he heard a noise.
Someone had broken into his house and walked upstairs.
Gaither said he was scared, but wanted to be prepared so he grabbed a nine-millimeter hand gun.
“When he was coming down the stairs, that’s when he told me he was going to kill me, f-you and all that,” Gaither said.
The intruder made it out the front door with a hamper in hand.
That’s when Gaither started firing off bullets. As the intruder was about to jump a fence in the front yard, Gaither’s 12th and final shot hit the suspect in the leg.
“I shot through the hamper he was carrying,” Gaither said. “It was a full metal jacket bullet. It went straight through the back of his leg. He started crying like a little baby."
Home school student Chris Gaither, 11, was alone Wednesday morning when he heard a noise.
originally posted by: AmericanRealist
Yea boy, thats how a kid takes charge, I wont blame him for missing eleven times, he is just a kid. I like how he says he gets practice from zombies lol.
With all these kids defending their homes successfully every year, I am still firm on my beliefs that gun safety AND training should be part of core curriculum in schools starting in elementary.
originally posted by: JohnnyCanuck
originally posted by: AmericanRealist
Yea boy, thats how a kid takes charge, I wont blame him for missing eleven times, he is just a kid. I like how he says he gets practice from zombies lol.
With all these kids defending their homes successfully every year, I am still firm on my beliefs that gun safety AND training should be part of core curriculum in schools starting in elementary.
So the intruder has left the house with 'the hamper', whatever that was,...laundry? picnic?...and the kid shot him climbing the fence? If he'd have killed him, that would be a heavy weight to put on a kid...taking a life for the contents of a hamper. You couldn't call it self defence. I'm not sure the courts would either. I feel sorry for the kid.
The intruder made it out the front door with a hamper in hand. That’s when Gaither started firing off bullets. As the intruder was about to jump a fence in the front yard, Gaither’s 12th and final shot hit the suspect in the leg.
originally posted by: windword
a reply to: AmericanRealist
The intruder made it out the front door with a hamper in hand. That’s when Gaither started firing off bullets. As the intruder was about to jump a fence in the front yard, Gaither’s 12th and final shot hit the suspect in the leg.
Isn't it against the law to shoot someone who is (unarmed and) fleeing? If he was an adult, this kid would probably be arrested for aggravated assault, or something.
Lucky thing he didn't kill the guy.
originally posted by: introvert
originally posted by: windword
a reply to: AmericanRealist
The intruder made it out the front door with a hamper in hand. That’s when Gaither started firing off bullets. As the intruder was about to jump a fence in the front yard, Gaither’s 12th and final shot hit the suspect in the leg.
Isn't it against the law to shoot someone who is (unarmed and) fleeing? If he was an adult, this kid would probably be arrested for aggravated assault, or something.
Lucky thing he didn't kill the guy.
Depends on the law in each particular state. But I agree with your comments, as well and Johnny's.
I can just imagine how he was feeling, scared and adrenaline-filled, but I don't believe what he did was the proper course of action.
A firearm should only be used to protect yourself in cases of imminent danger. He had every right to use the firearm within the home, but if he was fleeing away from the boy it would be hard to justify the use of that firearm.
originally posted by: AmericanRealist
a reply to: windword
The child was in fear of his life at the criminal who verbally threatened to murder him during his second break in to this families home. I am thinking the child was in fear of the criminal who just verbally threatened to murder him would return a third time with a sexual emergency.
But good luck trying to prosecute the child