I am glad he has the GUTS to say the truth> How totally refreshing!

Pay attention the rest of you politicians!

It goes beyound that, All the parents should have charges against them.....

Blackbird, it was a Tuesday night, a school night. No midnight openings for movies. No reason to be heading to a movie at 10:30 at night.

Maybe due to a prevailing lack of sympathy, a few more kids will decide to take care of Facebook insults in the light of day.

This is why Philly has a curfew for those under 18. These same idiots were running rampant in the summer starting "flash mobs" and harassing shoppers in the city.

I went to Toronto for three days and was shocked that I didn't see any murders on the evening news during that whole time. I had to ask "what do people die from up here" someone answered "old age"

I wonder what that must be like.

Blackbird

This happened at 10:30 on a school night. So you think it's ok for a parent to let their 14 year-old (or even 16 year-olds) go to a movie on a school night? A convience store? At that time of night? I was a single mother and I was able to 'control' my son just fine. I taught him better.

I hate it that the kids were killed but it would not have happened had they been at home. The parents do have some responsibility. Unfortunately they will have to live with that for the rest of their lives. As for the shooter, I don't know all the specifics. None of us do but I don't think is right that he opened fired either. We don't know if he warned them or not, or if he called the police when they first arrived. An investigation will turn that info up.

You don't have too support the man shooting the kids in order to agree with the mayor and applaud him for stating the obvious.

I'm sorry, did I misread the article? It sounds like to me that this guy was using the gun to protect his children from a car load of other kids coming over to attack his kids? Am I wrong? The mayor is right though these kids parents need to take some blame for this because they didn't know where their kids were. And please do not give me the argument that Did you sneak out when you were a kid? Today's world is a lot different then my world, and on a school night, in my neighborhood you better believe nobody would even try to sneak out. If your parents didn't catch someone else would and march you right home, then you got your butt tanned but good.

Blackbird - kidding, right? 10:30 on a school night, if my kids aren't doing homework they're already in bed. Common sense parenting is all that is.

Having said that, the mayor is dead on about the shooter - many options were available to this man short of gunfire.

You, however, are off base about the "victims." Piling into a car and rolling up to someone's house 10:30 at night AFTER having specifically threatened a kid in that house? Now for my best John Stewart voice: "Yeah... what could possibly go wrong with THAT?"

Blackbird, 14-16 y.o. kids are not to be out at the movies on a school night, or at the store at 10:30pm. They should be home getting ready for bed so they can get up in the morning for school. Many of the kids who are behind or failing in school, are doing so because of lack of sleep or not doing their homework. I grew up in a single parent household, and there is no way I would be allowed to be out running the streets on a weekday. I owned my on vehicle as a senior in H.S., and could be out a night if I choose to, but I was either finishing my homework that I didn't do earlier because I was doing other things, or getting ready for bed so I wouldn't be falling asleep in class the next day.

Well, the facts (as they have been stated by the alleged victims) is that they were en route to fight...bottom line is you need to be prepared for what MIGHT happen if you are seeking to harm someone else...they came looking for a fight and got handled...Now they wanna cry because they were not the fighters they thought they were....

That mayor is correct!

Where are the parents???

It is so refreshing to hear a politician telling it like it is, not being PC about what happened. It is even more refreshing to hear this coming from a leader who is in the minority community. The community needs more leaders like him who will call out the parents for allowing their 14-16 year old kids to be out looking for trouble at 10:30pm on a school night. Too many people make excuses for the parents and try and shift the blame. Yes, the adult who opened fire is definitely guilty and should spend the rest of his life in prison for murdering these three kids. However, the other truth is if these kids had not been out looking for a fight at 10:30 on a school night, instead of being home in bed or doing homework, they would still be alive. If people are going to have kids then they need to take responsibility for raising them right and teaching them better than to do something like this that put their lives in danger and got them killed. While I do not blame these kids for their own murders, they were not exactly completely innocent either. Maybe if we could start charging parents for their kids bad behavior, the parents would pay more attention to what their kids are doing.

I have to say, I agree with the mayor. While I think that you have to be careful about your comments as the mayor of a major city, in this particular case, I really can't say I disagree with the mayor, given the horrible situation that occured.

NO, at 14-16 years old, my kids were not allowed out at 10.30 at night on a school night to go anywhere if I wasn't with them. Movies are for the weekends and there's nothing at the store they need to go get by themselves. Yes, you can control a 16 year old, unless you are too lazy or just don't care about their safety. Kids wind up in trouble or jail because some parents refuse to set common sense rules and then blame everyone but themselves when the worst happens.

The fact is whether any of us thinks that it is reasonable to expect 14-16 year olds to be at home on a school night is irrelevant. Had these kids been home instead of going to someone's house to fight, they would be alive today. That is the bottom line. It is about choices and how one bad one can change or end your life. A parent's responsibility is to train their kids how to think critically. Things that seem important today or insurmountable, often seem far less important as soon as the next day. I cannot imagine what was so important that these kids HAD to drive to someone's house to fight.

Now the stepfather overreacted as well. He could have called thepolice and let them handle it. But, this is what happens when people are operating on pure emotion and they do not even know why. In his defense, however, given today's culture of violence, if you think that someone is about to commit mayhem on your people, there is going to be a tendency to overreact. But, again, since he seemed to have prior knowledge, he could have called the cops.

The bottom line is though that each of us needs to be very cognizant of our own actions and the potential consequences. Parents would do well to drum this inot their kids from the beginning.

No one has mentioned it, but it seems like waiting for the kids with a gun is a bit excessive. There were other ways he could have handled it. He could have just told them no one was getting out of the car and for them to get their butts off his property. He could have called the police if they refused. What did he think was going to happen if he shot into the car with a semi-automatic?

Unless you know the FULL story you are not in a position to judge the parents. You have no idea what the parents told their kids to do or when they told them to be back. You don’t know the details of what was going on. Those of you that are so quick to blame the parents either don’t have teenagers or don’t remember BEING teenagers. Teenagers lie. They say they’ll be home at 8:30 and get home at midnight. Some do this regularly, some do it only rarely. You don’t know the family so YOU DON’T KNOW.

Don’t judge when you don’t the facts.

In any case, it is in unbelievably bad taste for the mayor to be publically blaming the parents for this. What, exactly, does he think he’s accomplishing? Does he think losing a child is not a sufficient punishment for the parents but public insults from a stranger will somehow make all the difference?

I don't know about Blackbird, but when I was 16, which was a few years ago apparently, on a school week, I'm not allowed to go out and certainly not at 10:30pm. If you don't teach your kids early on the rules, then your kids will not follow rules very well in the real world. My dad is a single parent and no way in hell was he letting me out and about before I was 18, it's what happens when parents care what their kids do I suppose.

They say they’ll be home at 8:30 and get home at midnight. Some do this regularly, some do it only rarely. You don’t know the family so YOU DON’T KNOW.

And some wonder why at 18 some kids are useless and won't amount to a dam. School isn't a priority and parents are glad to get rid of them for the night.

As far as the idiot with the gun, there were a lot better ways to handle it then to just open fire. He had absolutely no idea who was in that car. So now he will spend a good portion of his life in a cell.

What makes you think his kids weren't the aggressor in this case. In the end, kids got killed because of a FACEBOOK argument? The entire bunch of them are losers probably doing nothing more than following their idiotic parent's lead.

Junicon,

I knew better to lie to my parents because I knew I wouldn't be sitting comfortably for a while if I did. Your argument does not hold water.

Junicon - you are part of the problem. How long did it take you to pack your head this full of crap?

There must be a Darwin award in here somewhere. There are some actions that are to be avoided simply because they cannot lead to a desirable outcome. This went over the top but how many days go by without one of these over the top incidents taking place? Stupid, stupid, and more stupid.

Considering that most parents get in trouble these days for corporal punishment I'm not sure how your comment is relevant Jon. Kids lie and it is a fact, do you deny this?

I have a comment for RLC1111

if the father knew that there might be trouble, why didn't he call the police and tell them that there was a problem. I am a parent and can understand his concern, he did not know if they had weapons either, but then again, call the POLICE. Don't take the law into your own hands. What a tragedy all around.

The most important thing, is that the families of the deceased updated their kids' Facebook status to.....

"D.O.A."

For the past 30 years in the music business I have watched the thug children grow younger and younger. Not only do I agree with the Mayor, but based on what has been said so far, if this turns out to be the case, if I were on the jury I'd acquit the shooter.

My wife and I took in three foster kids once for a short time because we were asked by the county to do so. One was a teenage girl. They went back to their mother after a while and one night I get a phone call from a boy wanting to talk to the girl. I told him she had gone home and was no longer there. He went ape on me, threatening me if I didn't put her on the phone. I explained the situation and told him I didn't have her number since we didn't. Half an hour later four kids show up on our porch yelling and threatening. My wife called the cops. 10 minutes went by and they kicked in the glass storm door. As they kicked the at the door, I opened it with my .357 magnum in my hand. They ran. The cops showed up two hours later. If they had not run they would be dead today. I have no sympathy for street thugs. NONE AT ALL.

I have a comment for RLC1111 - shooting the kids while still inside the car can not be considered self protection unless they were trying to run him over.

Yea, cause no one would dare shoot a gun from inside a car.

Gotta love the honesty here...it's a shamed the little knuckers got killed though.

No matter what the situation was there was no excuse for those kids to be in that situation. Yes I have disobeyed my parents before and lived to regret it. The fact that seven kids were planning to beat up three kids gives testiment to how they were raised, the fact that they were out that late just adds more. It's about time public officials called people out on their lack of parenting. My kids grew up knowing this kind of thing wouldn't be allowed so they wouldn't even ask to be out past 9 on a school night. They also knew if they snuck out there would be consequences. These kids apparently hadn't heard about "consequences" but the remaining four are learning it the hard way now.

Where were the parents? Well, dad(s) didn't live with them and mom was smoking crack!

14 and 16 year olds out at 10:30 on a school night riding over to start a fight over a Facebook page? There are so many things wrong with this scenario that I am not even going to start. All I can say is good riddance! What else did these kids have in their future but a lifetime behind bars?

So some of you think it randomly pops into good kids heads to just sneak off and fight somebody? Sorry but no it doesn't. Most kids have been raised to know better. Not only should the parents have not allowed their children out of the house alone late at night they should have taken the time to know their children. It's shocking how many people think they know their children but really don't. Just because someone's child has never been caught doing something wrong doesn't mean that they haven't or that they haven't thought about it. Rather than telling their kids what to do and then turning a blind eye and believing their children are angels they need to find out what their kids are really like. Talk to your children. Find out what they like and who they like. Talk to their friends and get to know them. Talk to their friends' parents and find out what kind of home your kids are exposed to when they go out visiting. Talk to your neighbors and listen to what they say about your children. Then you can tell if your kids are really listening to what you are trying to teach them. Check what your kids look at on the internet. Look at their Facebook pages. Google their names for goodness sake. These kids weren't just randomly possessed by demons or something and told to go out to fight someone else. They were inclined to this kind of behavior way before that but the only people that could have prevented them from going out never noticed.

Have you noticed how FACEBOOK is really causinmg a lot of issues? I was on it in the start, and now am not. I found that it is rather annoying. People seem to feel the need to announce when they are going to go take whiz or just ate dinner or took a shower...WHO CARES!!!! All those social sites are doing anymore is opening the door to more ways for trouble to start.

Those parents should have known where their kids were. And the area they went to, well you ain't going there to a college party. They went looking for trouble and found it. Sad that more kids have had to die after something hapening on Facebook.

Right on Mayor. You run that city and keep up the good work. I'm glad he had the guts to say what others won't.

The Mayor is correct in his remarks except. . .he owes an apology to dogs.

The Mayor has it right. TOo many parents have kids and then want to be their friends instead of being a parent. Being a parent is hard. Don't breed them if you can't feed and parent them! You are not entitled to anyone's tax dollars to support these types of dumb a@sses.

It's time to thin the herd...

Hallelujah! This man speaks the truth. Right on, Mayor!

First, major KUDOS to the Hon. Mayor for his candid comments! Would you please come to Dallas and/or Richardson, TX and run for Mayor. Maybe even RISD and become the Superintendent. Second, Junicon and others are just enabling and perpetuating the problem today with their comments. We are missing the other problem. Because parents are too busy being friends and not parents, it is okay for these kids to be out on a school night at that age. Like many who have posted, my parents cared enough about me and the adult I would turn into by imposing rules and discipline on me growing up. Teaching me right from wrong and consequences to my actions. That is what is lacking in parents these days. And also, another problem these social websites are causing. New technology apparently has a price!

I worked in a high school for two years. I can tell you one thing today's kids do not back down from a confrontation. Unless it is from a adult and some not even then. The are hyper sensitive to the slightest insult or snub. Even a accidential bump or stepping on a foot can cause fists to fly. At least twice a week I had to break up a fight. Most weeks more often than twice. The don't think about repercussions. Many are armed. The school I worked in is as white as they come and far outlying suburban and we had 5 of these man-children jump on kid and beat him to the floor. They continued to pummel him with fists and kicks until they broke his jaw. All ran out of the school before they were caught. Thank goodness for hallway cameras. Another kid brought two bowie knives to school to settle a score. It just wasn't the boys. The girls are even worse and much more cruel. Parenting? please, you can't teach what you did not learn. I had one troubled 19 year old sophomore's (yes that's true) mother come in my office at 10AM smelling like a month old bar towel in a obviously intoxicated and/or high state. Some kids even come to school after drinking or getting high. We caught kids with liquor in the classroom.

Have to agree with the mayor, and respectfully disagree with those who apparently think parenting means letting your kids do what they want.

My two are almost university graduates, and I have a pretty good idea where they are most of the time. Because I actually parented them (managed to do that with a full-time job), I have children who are respectful young adults - and truthful, too. (Sometimes too honest in their opinions for my liking!)

It is called "parenting" for a reason. You are not there to be their friend (they have enough of those) but to lead by example, teach honesty (my two knew they would be in far more trouble caught in a lie than if they told the truth - no matter how bad), and for the record - spanking is legal. The funny thing about a butt-warming when they are young, is that you don't have to keep doing it over and over - they trust that you say what you mean. Consistency in parenting is one of the biggest areas lacking that I witness in my career; whether parents don't want to make their kids mad, the parents themselves are tired (or absent), or they just give up. Don't sign on for the job unless you plan to follow through, otherwise we have another generation of young people that are self-centered, and quite frankly, not nice to be around.

Another amazing thing happens along the road to adulthood...those kids that you "parent" well by NOT worrying that you're their friend? I have a great relationship with mine, great conversations, and we enjoy each others company...our relationship has definitely evolved into an awesome friendship.

@Robert-2589118

I thought I was the only one who was thinking this way. If I had kids in the home and had a carload of thugs in my driveway, I am not sure how I'd react. I do have guns in the home. I am not sure I can criticize this guy since I was not in this position. How does one know if they are armed? Our police have been responsive but in a lot of areas this is not true. Panic can cause irrational behavior. I also applaud the mayor for his comments. Teen or no teen, they need supervision and curfews.

If a car load of thugs is on the way and you are sitting in wait, you should have had time to call the police to stop anything like this from happening...

Many of you are asking where are the parents. I'd say right about now they are planning the funerals of their children. How very noble of you all to slander dead children and the parents who now have to bury them. Does this make you feel better? You should be ashamed.

This is a tragedy. how could something like this possibly happen? All because parents do not know what their children are doing and who they are doing it with. When my children were young, I knew who they associated with and their parents. I always knew where they were or going to be. Most of all at night they would always be at home and in bed at a decent time.

I am not defending the father but there are many cases where in certain areas, police take their time in responding or don't respond at all.

Amen to that!!! He's absolutely right. It's tragic all around, but entirely unnecessary and avoidable.

I believe he's totally correct about the kids but I'm not sure that I totally agree with the comments about the dad - shooter. I believe that if I knew some kids were on their way to my house to beat up my kids (or step-kids) I would be armed and waiting myself.

From this story, I don't believe the kids that were killed would have lived to a ripe old age anyway.

The parents didn't get any sugar coating from this mayor! I'm proud of him for not adding any "Nutter Butter".

It's about time a politian spoke the truth and not worry about offending people and worry about the next election.

It doesn't take a village to raise a child, it takes a parent. Villages raise IDIOTS.

Thank you - Thank you - Thank you!! This sentiment has been abused for far too long!! This statement had valid meaning in the past. But now, it is used as an excuse to cover for poor parenting. It doesn't take a village, it takes one devoted, responsible, loving parent (biological or not).

And kudos to the mayor for speaking the truth and placing the blame with the people who created the ENTIRE tragedy. And still, like everyone, I am very sorry for the family and friends of the children who lost thier lives.

He'd never make it. A politician has to be able to convince people how much they enjoy the taste of $h!t while kissing their @$$e$.

But if his name appears on the ballot - he's got my vote.

Yes...it was murder. He as equally as stupid (if not more stupid) than those kids. He had advance notice they were coming and he was WAITING for them with a deadly weapon. Is there some reason he could not have dialed 911 and involved the police? No. He had enough time to dig out his oozie and wait for them...he could have waited for the police too.

Murder? Yes...100%

This was a tragedy that could have been prevented at a number of different levels and this guy was another adult that should have shown better judgement.

I agree!

Amen Brother! Sounds like self defense to me. I wouldnt know if those 7 kids are armed to the teeth or not. I sure as hell am not going to risk my kids lives to wait and found out. Lock, load and open fire!

Really Steve?

They were kids. Stupid kids, but still kids. If the adults in the room aren't the ones making informed decisions regarding the safety of the CHILDREN in their care, tragedy happens.

I would like to see someone call the cops, telling them that their might be a carload of kids coming over to fight my kids. Assuming you could get the cops to show up, they aren't going to hang around all night waiting for them to show up. If you call them when the kids arrive, by the time the cops show up, whatever was going to happen, has happened.

It was absolutely not self defense. He could easily have called the cops. Even if the law allows you to own guns, it does not allow you to shoot teenagers. Children dying is always a tragedy, no matter how stupid they were behaving.

If Baretta was in bed and these kids came crashing through the windows with weapons then I would agree with the self-defense plea, but not in this case. He had advance knowledge they were coming and could have taken other means to diffuse the problem, but he chose to escalate it to a level that was not necessary. The Mayor was not only right by saying those kids should have had their little butts home in bed, but also right in saying "if you want to act like an a-hole then you will be hunted down" (reference to Baretta's STUPID reaction.)

So Jonathan...you can "Amen" to Baretta all you want, but do the same thing and you find yourself in prison.

Ahh yes lets all react like thugs and bring a gun to fight with kids, and yes these were kids. Yes this father is a hero. s/. Really? A bunch of kids coming to his house instead of handling it like an adult he takes out a gun and shoots before the kids are even out of the car. And you people think this was a good thing? And for those that think this is the parents fault, you must have grown up in a sheltered life if you don't think kids lie to stay out later all the time. Studying/working/ etc are all excuses these kids could have used and you don't know, but yes, blame the victims and the parents and not the guy with the semi-automatic rifle in his driveway shoooting up a car full of teenagers.

I would rather be in prison till the day I died than morn the death of my children till the day I died. They sure as hell wasnt coming over for a play date they where coming to perform bodily harm that could very easily result in the deaths of my children. Over my dead body!

Jon...you are a complete idiot and a shining example of someone who should not possess firearms.

Oilman I hope that you dont have children that you would offer up to a mob while you hide in a closet. Coward!

Jon - I'm a former combat veteran (now a Naval Reserve Captain) and have seen more gunfire than your stupid Rambo-wanna-be ass will ever see so spare me with that ridiculous "guarding my cubs" rhetoric. I come from the perspective that "cooler heads prevail" and, because of that, I've saved lives and diffused potentially deadly situations. That's why a guy like me is in charge and you are not. Now STFU and stop embarrassing yourself more than you already are.

My father was a Marine Veteran of Foreign Wars in Cuba and Vietnam. My father was hard on me. I was trained in fire arms at the age of 3. I sure as hell was not raised to turn the other cheeck while others are in mortal danger. You comment that my kids are Cubs as in they are animals though is very telling. Also your a navy guy that also very telling.

You're in charge of what Oilman? You're not in charge of Jonathan's home, and he has a right to protect it as necessary. Jeesh, what's up with all these "former combat veterans" (like that's something special considering YOU VOLUNTEERED and was paid, you know as in mercenary) who think they are the "know all kings of the rest of us". Hell, I haven't met one yet that wasn't a complete fruit loop and haven't found one yet that can out shoot me at the range. Any monkey can pull a trigger.....so STFU Naval Reserve Captain and go take a swim.

I am thinking "premeditated" murder. The man had knowledge of a "facebook fight", it was mentioned that there was an "invitation" to come to the house to fight, and the only "adult" in the situation chose to get his AK and wait in ambush for the car to pull in the driveway.

Yes-parents of these children are greiving, but, I can guarantee you, they are asking themselves, "why werent their "butts in bed" also. Where did they go wrong as parents? Hopefully, they will find solice in the answers before any of them lose any more children.

Amen Jonathan. I swear, I'm sick of these "combat veterans" who think they can shoot better, kill better, or know more than everyone else. LOL, what a joke. I've known A BUNCH of veterans including many family members, and the only ones that have any intelligence to them are the ones that GOT OUT ASAP, and now make fun of the service branches they left. All of them say it was the biggest mistake of their lives LOL!

"Any monkey can pull a trigger"...ya David...I know how true that is. I can also see you have the common sense of a monkey too. You sound like one of my dumber-than-a-barrel-of-hair sailors trying to tell me how "it was all the other guy's fault" that he got into a bar fight.

Like I said...cooler heads prevail...which is why I'm not going to bother wasting my time trying to get you two idiots to see the forest from the trees. Go back to your bongs.



What ever happened to a shot accross the bow? Certainly the kids in the car would have backed off if they were aware a gun was in play. But no, Rambo hides in the bushes and opens fire at heads as soon as they pull up. Sounds like murder to me

I still would protect my kids at any cost. But if those seven teenagers had lived up to the following four would be alive today. I offer this up to you OilmanMD in kindness.

As you press on for justice, be sure to move with dignity and discipline, using only the weapon of love. Let no man pull you so low as to hate him. Always avoid violence. If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in your struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of bitterness, and your chief legacy to the future will be an endless reign of meaningless chaos.

Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction ... The chain reaction of evil — hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars — must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.

Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. Indeed, it is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it.

Jon - Nice gesture. And I agree with you in protecting your children at any cost...I would do the same. My point is that, in this case, Barreta had other options at his disposal that would have prevented the deaths of these 4 misguided juveniles. He wasn't "backed into a corner" with no other option than to start blasting.

I will aslo add that if Barreta had ALSO lived up to what you wrote in your last comment we would not be having this discussion right now.

There was definitely a lack of gun control in this whole situation. If there had been proper control there would have been 7 wannabe criminals-turned-victims instead of three.

As for the self-defense claim, he should not have been waiting outside. He should have waited until they presented a more deliberate threat before dropping the hammer on them. A lesson learned from the lady who dropped the thug trying to get into the house. I would have been waiting for the thugs inside. There is no law requiring a person to even close or lock their doors to their house. Just because a door is unlocked or open doesn't mean anybody or everybody is invited in. Once they are inside making threats and brandishing weapons they are fair game.

There will surely be some that will say I should call the cops but the cops are responders, not protectors. Their job is to enforce the laws not protect the citizens.

I thought it was to serve and protect.

Why just black leaders? If he had been white would you have thought differently? Would there have been a outcry that he was being racist? The color of the mayor's skin does not matter. He's right - period.

If the mayor was white...this would not be about the kids not being home where they should have been. It would be be about a racist white mayor!

DSB: I agree with all parts of your argument. If the mayor was white some would have argued that he was being racist. What the major said is "dead on" regardless of skin color.

I wish that we had more black leaders like Mr. Nutter.

I wish we had more leaders like Mayor Nutter of ANY color. Just reading the response of an actual adult was a refreshing change.

Please consider running for President, sir. I don't care what party -- I'll vote for you.

Absolutely. The mayor's name may be "Nutter," but the guy speaks with more common sense than any politician I've heard lately!

Maybe we could all turn him into a write-in candidate and shock the the hell out of all those trying to be the next president by demonstrating that we're sick of the political, big money games.

He sure won't be able to protect them while he rots away in a jail cell!

No time? Had time to get his rifle and wait for them in the driveway. how long do you think it takes to make a phone call, or even to lock a door adn not wait outside with a loaded gun and start shooting before the people are ven out of the car. Yes, this father is a real mature hero.

I'm with Connielogg; too bad he missed a few of the thugs.

most refreshing thing from any leader in a long time

he was defending his family which he has the right to do. that's what makes America great

So when they show up in the driveway you will just indiscriminatly shoot them all. Your an idiot. I would protect my children as well, but your statement is moronic.

Now why would they have a reason to target someone in your house? Would you allow your kid or stepkid to tread into a circumstance where others would come seeking physical violence for some action of your guardee?

I respect your anger and social display of power, but your logic walked out towards left field and disappeared.

Possibly the best comment! I had the same experience as you VideoDude... And while we must not forget that several young people have lost their lives the important point is that there must be accountability for all people involved in this tragic situation...

I was 18 years old before I even held the keys to my house. You sneak out at night and you better have some magic dust to get you back into the house - especially on a school night.