This one made my heart swell with pride (but also with sorrow):
According to Kentucky State Police, troopers were dispatched to the home in Manchester around 4:30 a.m. Saturday for reports of a shooting. When troopers arrived, they found two men with gunshot wounds.
Jeffrey Allen, 51, was pronounced dead at the scene. Roger Smith, 44, was transported to an area hospital but later died.
Police said that the two men had broken into the home with the intention of stealing firearms from a safe. During the break-in, a juvenile living in the home saw the men holding firearms. Acting in self-defense, police said, the child retrieved a handgun and shot both men before escaping through a bedroom window.
Police did not give the exact age of the child who shot the alleged intruders.
Now, why is my heart filled with sorrow? Because as much as I applaud the kid’s actions, I hope like hell that this doesn’t cause him mental anguish.
Folks, it’s no fun taking a human life, even when the taking is both morally and legally justified. And as much as I post these events and make light of them, I truly do not want kids to be involved. It’s bad enough for an adult to deal with; it’s horrible for a young ‘un.
That said, at least this kid wasn’t a victim of these two asshole goblins; now that would have made me really angry.
In passing, the “Emily van der Riet” in the byline is this young lady:
She may even be a Seffrican, with that name — it’s quite a common one back in the Vaderland. As long as she isn’t a liberal…