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texanron wrote:Why is an 11 year old outside at 10:40pm???

Because they want to be and because their parents apparently don't mind. What does this have to do with attempted murder?

Chas.

Oldgringo wrote:

texanron wrote:Why is an 11 year old outside at 10:40pm???

...in someone else's yard?

I hope you don't think Texas law would make this a good shooting.

Chas.

Oldgringo wrote:

philip964 wrote:Upset does not equal in fear of your life. I hope he has lots of time to think about it in prison.

That begs the question. Why was an 11 year old child outside, apparently unattended, in someone else's yard at that time of night? Although I was called to task before, I'll say it again, "actions have consequences". Where were her parents?

Does anyone here remember the old TV infomercial that asked, "It's 10:00 o'clock. Do you know where your kids are?" I reckon that is considered lame, intrusive and passe' by today's mores?

Just sayin'...

When I was growing up on Houston, we had a huge amount of kids in our post-WWII GI Bill neighborhood. At 10 years old, we played outside every Friday and Saturday night, running through neighbors' yards to well past 10:00PM and no one cared. No one got shot; no one even thought about pulling a gun in a group of kids that age. No one would shoot a 10 year old kid for walking across their lawn, or because some other kid bumped into his car. "It's 10:00 o'clock and where are your children?" Yeah, I remember that stupid commercial. How about this one, "It's 10:00 o'clock, where is your common sense; or your humanity, or appreciation of human life?"

This shooting is complete crap and there's no excuse for it.

Chas.