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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ding dong ditch — add “dead”.

New York Times (gift article):

Boy Shot During ‘Ding Dong Ditch’ Prank in Texas Has Died

The police in Houston detained a person after an 11-year-old boy was shot on Saturday night, officials said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/us/houston-boy-shot-ding-dong-ditch.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ik8.vc3u.EWImB_6vBcYp&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare[/quote]

Note that it happened just before 11pm, not the middle of the day like in more innocent times. Not saying that any 11 yo deserves to be shot, simply that this is an unreasonable hour for an innocent prank. 11 is way too young to be out at night with a pack of unsupervised kids. Parenting failure.[/quote]

He will be charged with murder so I would say it’s the home owner’s failure. You don’t shoot a kid in the back no matter what he did. But knocking on a door?

Gun control please [/quote]

Failed parenting if your elementary school aged kid is roaming the neighborhood after dark. Not something a teenager should necessarily be doing either, but it is developmentally and socially more acceptable in our culture. You better believe these parents' parenting skills will also be going on trial. Defense attorney going to have a field day with that.[/quote]

You’re mentally ill to think a parent will be put in trial for someone else murdering their child. This is one sick, as in mentally ill, society to think this.[/quote]

If a person feels threatened on their property, and this is harassmenet and can be seen as someone trying to break in, a homeowner has every right to protect themselves.  A parent shouldn't complain if their child is injured or killed when they allowed it to happen, allowed their kids to harass and bully others for laughs, and refuse to supervise or parent them.

Parents need to be held accountable.[/quote]

You don't shot someone unless the door has been breached and someone is trying to physically enter your house. You call the police. I had to do that when someone drunk thought that my apartment was their friends and kept trying to get in the door, to include kicking it and trying to break the door down. It was scary, drunk dude ramming my door, I called the police. I would have used my bat, I don't own a gun, if the idiot had gotten through the door.

But shooting someone who is on the porch being an idiot is over the top. [/quote]

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