If your teen girls are roaming your neighborhood Saturday nights

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Anonymous wrote:Ding Dong Ditch is a normal thing kids do. It's basically harmless - what do you mean it won't end will for them? Are you going to pursue legal action or fire off a round into your front yard over kids playing a prank?

And no, my kid never did this - we live in a city full of apartments where it's not even possible.

Not normal and not harmless. Kids and parents should be held accountable.

It IS harmless. Nobody gets hurt physically from it. Ergo, harmless.

It is not harmless

Especially if a homeowner shoots someone because they are scared.

If someone is scared by their doorbell ringing they shouldn’t own a gun.

At 11 pm? Repeatedly? Come on.

As annoying as that is, if the pattern has been established that they just ring the doorbell and then run away without attempting to gain entry, brandishing a weapon, vandalizing property or threatening anyone, what would be the justification for shooting at them? Anyone who would shoot a fleeing person for nothing more than annoying them should not possess a gun.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ding Dong Ditch is a normal thing kids do. It's basically harmless - what do you mean it won't end will for them? Are you going to pursue legal action or fire off a round into your front yard over kids playing a prank?

And no, my kid never did this - we live in a city full of apartments where it's not even possible.

Do you not see the news? Kids are shot over this silliness.

Yes ddd is silly

Grown ppl shooting kids in the back running away, is murder

[Anonymous]

The kids who are getting shot are not ringing the doorbell and running away. They are pounding on the door, kicking the door, and sound like they are trying to break into the house. They are doing this in the dark and when many people are sleeping. The sleeping person wakes up to the sounds of someone trying to break into their house.

You don’t shoot someone running away from you, that is not justifiable in most cases.

I can see people shooting the person pounding on their door trying to break in through the door. I would call 911 and wait for the door to actually break, if I owned a gun, but I am sure that there are people who would say that is risky and just shoot through the door.

Better yet, tell your kid to not play DDD because it is annoying and you will punish them with whatever consequence if you find out they are playing DDD. If they do decide to play, ring the door bell once and run away. Don’t pound on the door and don’t do it after dark.While you are at it, tell them that mailbox baseball is a federal crime. I knew kids who ended up in federal court for mailbox baseball as a teen. Illegal to tamper with the mail.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ding Dong Ditch is a normal thing kids do. It's basically harmless - what do you mean it won't end will for them? Are you going to pursue legal action or fire off a round into your front yard over kids playing a prank?

And no, my kid never did this - we live in a city full of apartments where it's not even possible.

Do you not see the news? Kids are shot over this silliness.

Yes ddd is silly

Grown ppl shooting kids in the back running away, is murder

Ok but the kid is still dead or badly injured. It’s like walking out into a crosswalk when you know the oncoming car isn’t stopping. Yes you are in the right, but is it worth being right if you’re dead?

[Anonymous]

I can’t believe the adults are justifying kids ringing a doorbell and disturbing other people late at night as acceptable, something people should brush off. Should the kids be shot? No. But should they be told this is absolutely disgusting, inconsiderate behavior? Yes!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ding Dong Ditch is a normal thing kids do. It's basically harmless - what do you mean it won't end will for them? Are you going to pursue legal action or fire off a round into your front yard over kids playing a prank?

And no, my kid never did this - we live in a city full of apartments where it's not even possible.

Do you not see the news? Kids are shot over this silliness.

Yes ddd is silly

Grown ppl shooting kids in the back running away, is murder

Ok but the kid is still dead or badly injured. It’s like walking out into a crosswalk when you know the oncoming car isn’t stopping. Yes you are in the right, but is it worth being right if you’re dead?

That isn’t even CLOSE to a correct analogy lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe the adults are justifying kids ringing a doorbell and disturbing other people late at night as acceptable, something people should brush off. Should the kids be shot? No. But should they be told this is absolutely disgusting, inconsiderate behavior? Yes!

No one is encouraging their kids. Calm down granny.

Inconsiderate? Yes
Disgusting? No

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Dangerous

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ding Dong Ditch is a normal thing kids do. It's basically harmless - what do you mean it won't end will for them? Are you going to pursue legal action or fire off a round into your front yard over kids playing a prank?

And no, my kid never did this - we live in a city full of apartments where it's not even possible.

Do you not see the news? Kids are shot over this silliness.

Yes ddd is silly

Grown ppl shooting kids in the back running away, is murder

Ok but the kid is still dead or badly injured. It’s like walking out into a crosswalk when you know the oncoming car isn’t stopping. Yes you are in the right, but is it worth being right if you’re dead?

Correct analogy. Why are so many stuck-in-the-past parents digging in their heels about their God given right to play ding dong ditch at all hours? Maybe they should put their collective energy together to build a time machine so they can all go live in a different era.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not harmless. It's rude and inconsiderate.

It is dangerous for both kids and residents.

Try that in a rural area and one will discover that people will shoot back. Yes, this has actually happened and a few kids have ended up dead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:While you are at it, tell them that mailbox baseball is a federal crime. I knew kids who ended up in federal court for mailbox baseball as a teen. Illegal to tamper with the mail.

Federal courts do not have a juvenile division. Mail-related Federal convictions go on one's record for life. Will have long-term adverse impacts on DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The kids who are getting shot are not ringing the doorbell and running away. They are pounding on the door, kicking the door, and sound like they are trying to break into the house. They are doing this in the dark and when many people are sleeping. The sleeping person wakes up to the sounds of someone trying to break into their house.

You don’t shoot someone running away from you, that is not justifiable in most cases.

I can see people shooting the person pounding on their door trying to break in through the door. I would call 911 and wait for the door to actually break, if I owned a gun, but I am sure that there are people who would say that is risky and just shoot through the door.

Better yet, tell your kid to not play DDD because it is annoying and you will punish them with whatever consequence if you find out they are playing DDD. If they do decide to play, ring the door bell once and run away. Don’t pound on the door and don’t do it after dark.While you are at it, tell them that mailbox baseball is a federal crime. I knew kids who ended up in federal court for mailbox baseball as a teen. Illegal to tamper with the mail.

This kid knocked a few times and was down the street by the time he was shot: https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/us/houston-ding-dong-ditch-shooting-wwk

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The kids who are getting shot are not ringing the doorbell and running away. They are pounding on the door, kicking the door, and sound like they are trying to break into the house. They are doing this in the dark and when many people are sleeping. The sleeping person wakes up to the sounds of someone trying to break into their house.

You don’t shoot someone running away from you, that is not justifiable in most cases.

I can see people shooting the person pounding on their door trying to break in through the door. I would call 911 and wait for the door to actually break, if I owned a gun, but I am sure that there are people who would say that is risky and just shoot through the door.

Better yet, tell your kid to not play DDD because it is annoying and you will punish them with whatever consequence if you find out they are playing DDD. If they do decide to play, ring the door bell once and run away. Don’t pound on the door and don’t do it after dark.While you are at it, tell them that mailbox baseball is a federal crime. I knew kids who ended up in federal court for mailbox baseball as a teen. Illegal to tamper with the mail.

This kid knocked a few times and was down the street by the time he was shot: https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/us/houston-ding-dong-ditch-shooting-wwk

I bet there will be a ptsd defense. I really don’t think it’s overboard to tell your kids that they shouldn’t bang on people’s doors at night because there are a lot of mentally unstable people with guns in this country.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ding Dong Ditch is a normal thing kids do. It's basically harmless - what do you mean it won't end will for them? Are you going to pursue legal action or fire off a round into your front yard over kids playing a prank?

And no, my kid never did this - we live in a city full of apartments where it's not even possible.

Do you not see the news? Kids are shot over this silliness.

Yes ddd is silly

Grown ppl shooting kids in the back running away, is murder

Ok but the kid is still dead or badly injured. It’s like walking out into a crosswalk when you know the oncoming car isn’t stopping. Yes you are in the right, but is it worth being right if you’re dead?

Pure logic fail. These aren’t similar, at all.

That you’re rationalizing killing a child who is running away from your house is sick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The kids who are getting shot are not ringing the doorbell and running away. They are pounding on the door, kicking the door, and sound like they are trying to break into the house. They are doing this in the dark and when many people are sleeping. The sleeping person wakes up to the sounds of someone trying to break into their house.

You don’t shoot someone running away from you, that is not justifiable in most cases.

I can see people shooting the person pounding on their door trying to break in through the door. I would call 911 and wait for the door to actually break, if I owned a gun, but I am sure that there are people who would say that is risky and just shoot through the door.

Better yet, tell your kid to not play DDD because it is annoying and you will punish them with whatever consequence if you find out they are playing DDD. If they do decide to play, ring the door bell once and run away. Don’t pound on the door and don’t do it after dark.While you are at it, tell them that mailbox baseball is a federal crime. I knew kids who ended up in federal court for mailbox baseball as a teen. Illegal to tamper with the mail.

This kid knocked a few times and was down the street by the time he was shot: https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/us/houston-ding-dong-ditch-shooting-wwk

I bet there will be a ptsd defense. I really don’t think it’s overboard to tell your kids that they shouldn’t bang on people’s doors at night because there are a lot of mentally unstable people with guns in this country.

That’s why people shouldn’t have guns. That’s the problem. Not the kid.

As the child of a parent with military PTSD this isn’t a moral or judicial excuse.