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Texas Man Takes on 3 Home Intruders With a Rifle — Find Out What Happened

Feb. 28, 2013 6:58pm Jason Howerton

When Randy Magdeleno arrived home Wednesday morning, he found three burglary suspects running around his Houston home. It was a terrifying situation, he said, but thankfully he had his gun to protect him.

The problem was, the .22LR bolt-action rifle was unloaded. But the burglars didn’t know that.

The incident occurred around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. Magdeleno said he heard voices as soon as he entered his home after dropping his wife off at work.

“So I grabbed my rifle and I came around through here in my kitchen,” he told KHOU-TV. “It was scary, I didn’t know what I was walking into and hearing people running around inside my house at the same time. I didn’t know if they were carrying weapons around or not.”

After retrieving his rifle, Magdelena ordered two juveniles to the floor. The third suspect was upstairs but the homeowner was able to order him on the floor as well.

“I sneaked up on them and told them to lay on the ground on their stomachs,” he said.

“I wanted to keep them calm because I was outnumbered and you know, like I said, at anytime if they felt fear, I know they would have overtaken me,” he added.

Houston, Texas Man Holds 3 Burglary Suspects at Gunpoint Until Cops Arrive

(KPRC-TV)

While he had all three suspects detained at gunpoint, he speed dialed his wife and told her to call 911. Police arrived minutes later and took the three juveniles into custody.

It was really the best outcome anyone could’ve asked for. KPRC-TV reports the suspects were just 14-years-old.

A short time later, one of the suspect’s father brought his son back to Magdeleno’s house and made him apologize for the attempted robbery.

The Northwest Houston neighborhood where the robbery occurred has apparently been hit with a number of burglaries recently — and homeowners are tired of it.

“We aren’t going to put up with this,” one woman said.

As we’ve pointed out in the past, breaking into a Texas home is not advised. Burglars enter at your own risk.

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Comments (225)

intercepter
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:52pm
perfect reason for semi-auto rifles ,,multiple targets ,oh and granted 22′s aren’t that dramatic but they will kill your a$$ dead,,,no grand exit wounds ,no gushes of blood just a little slug entering and then rooting around and around shredding the innards

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- deerjerkydave
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 8:20pm
  Just what I was thinking.
  
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- Al J Zira
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 12:00am
  Yeah, but there’s a lot less dry cleaning with a 22.
  
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- grassroot
  Posted on March 2, 2013 at 12:28pm
  Exactly, this is why you need, a semi-auto.
  
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- Wumingren
  Posted on April 7, 2013 at 3:55pm
  I’m really getting tired of the misleading links on The Blaze. I got here from a teaser about pork meat mixed with moose meat in IKEA stores in Europe. This sort of thing happens too often. It also happens with the video links, which purport to be about one story but end up something else entirely, and then, if you think you’ll be patient to follow through subsequent video links, you have to endure ads and never know what story will pop up afterwards. I’ve already stopped clicking on video links because they seldom take me to the story they’re supposed to take me to. Now I’m about to give up on The Blaze entirely. If you had someone at The Blaze purposely sabotaging the site to drive readers away, I wouldn’t be surprised.
  
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- opar5
  Posted on April 8, 2013 at 3:56am
  Last heard, more people in the USofA were still being killed with .22LR slugs than with all the other calibers combined. The .22LR, however, will not stop any threat bigger than a squirrel. Most people won’t even know they’ve been shot until blood loss into their inner cavities produces faintness, unconsciouness or death if not treated. Shoot somebody coming after you and he can still beat you to death before he feels any ill effects. Don’t know of anyone who wants to be shot with a .22 either.
  
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EQUALIZER
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:51pm
Its a crime all of the 22lr ammo has been confiscated, none to be found anywhere.

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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 9:55pm
  Equal,
  No offense brother but you had PLENTY of time to get some ammo. What were you waiting for? You can still find .22LR. It is out there.
  
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- PubliusScipio
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 12:24am
  @Mil-Dot
  
  Some of us are just now getting into it.
  
  @Equalizer
  
  Just avoid Gunbroker (prices are insane) and CTD if you don’t already. CTD cancelled the ammo orders of someone I know saying they couldn’t get the boxes. Then the next day they re-listed the ammo for twice the price and changed the listing to “in stock.” Bastards.
  
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- SingerGuy
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 1:53am
  One week before the Sandy Hook shooting I bought a case with 1,600 rounds of 22LR for a couple hundred bucks. So glad I did now!
  
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I_AM_HARRISON_BERGERON
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:48pm
Stupid troll,
It’s not about taking a life as some far out of proportion revenge for the simple act of “messing with your stuff”… It’s about the fact that they were stealing his stuff, stuff that he likely gave up a great portion of his life to be able to afford, stuff that is likely irreplaceable family treasures. All a bit more serious than what you tried to portray, but still not enough to justify taking a life. but that’s not all that nit’s about… It’s also about that they stole his sense of peace and security which also cannot be replaced and with that they put him into a situation in which he had no reasonable expectation of the outcome. He had every reason to believe that his life was in mortal danger. In the heat of the moment he probably noticed that the perps appeared to be young, but was he really going to ask them for ID’s when they might just as quickly reach for a gun.
If you break into my house, you had better hope that the conditions of the situation allow me to very quickly determine the nature and level of the threat. And if I am you had better consider yourself very lucky because if I believe that I or my family might be in danger I will not burden myself with the tedious tasks of crime scene analysis and criminal profiling. I will remove the threat in the most expeditious manner possible!

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- I_AM_HARRISON_BERGERON
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 8:01pm
  Okay, The Blaze is being funny. There was a troll here just a moment ago. LOL!
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 8:20pm
  Prolly got removed if it was too far out or repulsive language.
  
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- TheGuyUpstairs
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 8:30pm
  AKA Castle Doctrine… LOVE IT
  
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showmerancher
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:36pm
The father who made his son come back and apologize might be a great dad, or might simply be well read enough to know that if he does this judges are more likely to give the boy probation rather than time in juvi; or if I were really cynical, the dad was teaching the boy the ‘ropes’ on how to work the criminal justice system. I’d really like it to be the first scenario… but unfortunately, in today’s environment it might be the least likely of the three.

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- MK2
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 8:06pm
  Or maybe the dad wanted to bring him back so the kid could see the mans face a second time and let the kid know that this mans face could very well have been the last thing he saw and legaly so.
  
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gauge
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:36pm
It was really the best outcome anyone could’ve asked for. KPRC-TV reports the suspects were just 14-years-old.

According to who?

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- le misanthrope
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:49pm
  according to the person writing the story. Would you have preferred some body bags?
  
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- Joshua81
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 8:31pm
  They entered a house illegally with the intent to commit a felony. They did this knowing the risks of not only being arrested but yes, having the walls painted with their brains. They knew the risk and decided it was worth it. If he would have had a loaded gun and needed to use it it could have ended better. Now, the great state of Texas gets to spend tax payer money to have costly court hearings, possible juvi time (that costs more money) only for these obama slaves to only learn how to be more careful next time they break in..They will continue to commit crimes like this, in and out of jail, each time they are released getting another baby mama knocked up with a future Dem voting entitlement drain on the country. The cycle continues..
  
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- Beachmastermax
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 9:33pm
  They will go thru our “Justice System”. They will be back. Dead Burglars do not come back.
  
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- decendentof56
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 8:30am
  They’ll be back into trouble, probably even the one who had to “apologize.” To break into someones home at that age tells you pretty much what you need to know about these three.
  
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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 9:28am
  Wow. I bet most of you have not killed a child. It is not a happy experience. Sometimes it is the only choice. Don’t relish it so much.
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:34pm
Blackcrow .45 ACP the man stopper fine weapon.

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- BlackCrow
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 8:29pm
  Only because the 50 AE is too hard to conceal.
  
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NewCreationDave
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:34pm
That does it. That homeowner damaged those kids’ self-esteem for life! Time to ban unloaded weapons!

Hey, just wundrin, if they show pics of the homeowner’s victims, will they use their 8-year old photos, ala Trayvon?

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blackfeather
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:33pm
a lot of gangs use 22′s and aim for the groin….easy bleedout.

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zgomer
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:33pm
Good for him! no shoot the little brats!

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Bohump
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:33pm
A Unloaded 22 Cal….. Well at least the Demacrat,s can’t Call it a Assult Weapon. … Can they ?

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zgomer
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:33pm
Good!

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Fubared
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:30pm
KY seems to not be indicative of an actual state. Pretty sick statement all around.

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momrules
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:28pm
Well as you all know Texas has it’s share of problems but having guns and having courage are not going to go away here.

Stay out of our homes thieves and stay out of our lives liberals and we just might all get along.

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- Fubared
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 9:44pm
  And I love the brevity-nuf said.
  
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Stoic one
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:26pm
Yeah, or are you , like many of us, really angry about all of the gun control crap — and just lashing out??

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- Robert Hawk
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 5:44am
  A Stoic is a believer in philosophia doctrine which is based upon belief in metaphysics and dialectics, This is the same doctrine upon which Marx & Engels defined their system of Communism. Stoic actually means porch or open breezeway, is where the students of Zeno attended seminary school at Acropolis (literal worship center and location of the temples of the gods of Greece, specifically Athena). There they learned philsophia doctrine from their teacher Zeno.
  
  The Apostle Paul railed against this doctrine and specifically the Stoics. You will find that written in Acts 17 and Colossians chapter 2. Stoic-Philosophia doctrine is the base doctrine for what most people refer to as Communism, Socialism, or Progressivism. Most people gloss over this fact, miss the doctrine, and as a result of their ignorance, find themselves assimilated to it. Mr Obama is a Zealot believer in Stoic – Philosophia doctrine (metaphysics and dialectics according to Zeno) as are most of the people he associates with.
  
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BlackCrow
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:24pm
I’ve seen 14 year olds that were 6′ 2″ 230 pounds. If you are going to break into a house especially here in Texas you are rolling the dice. Personally had it been me it would have been a .45 ACP and they would have been leaving in a body bag.

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RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:22pm
NZKIWI, I was wondering the same thing. Hopefully sarcasm. Nope, never mind, I just his profile page. Troll.

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woodyee
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:21pm
Wow! Now there’s ONE boy that will probably go down the straight and narrow!

“A short time later, one of the suspect’s father brought his son back to Magdeleno’s house and made him apologize for the attempted robbery.”

YASSUH!!!*
*Erah, in deference to the irreverent Jesse Jackson.

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- Eastinfection
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:40pm
  That was the best part of the story.
  My parents were also big on this kind of thing when i screwed up.
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 8:45pm
  Yeast that may be why we are still here. We didn’t have these public skrools and our parents were a different generation entirely. This crap here is common place.
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:20pm
No

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BlackCrow
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:20pm
1. An unloaded gun makes a lousy club.

2. A .22LR isn’t going to stop or even slow down a determined attacker.

3. You should never “brandish” a firearm. Not only is it illegal but if one of the little thugs had a gun you loose. Never, Never, Never pull a gun you are not ready, willing and able to use!

This guy got lucky, very lucky.

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- Perspective
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:36pm
  Very valid points. I was taught at a young age that you never pull a knife or gun unless you are prepared to use it.Bottom line,if you pull your weapon don’t talk about using it,USE IT!!!!
  
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- civilwarcometh
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:47pm
  BLACKCROW You should never “brandish” a firearm. Not only is it illegal <<<< In your own home with intruders???
  
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- BlackCrow
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 8:25pm
  Never brandish a firearm even in your own home. If you produce it be ready to use it. Take it you have never been through a firearms self defense class.
  
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- Joshua81
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 9:19pm
  Never brandish in your own home??? You sound like Biden.. idiot. Someone breaks in my house, not only will I brandish my gun, I’m going to empty it. I will be more than within my rights to do both.
  
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- Will-db
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 8:24am
  This guy obviously had the sense to realise that these kids were going to easily subdued through the threat of force alone, and took proportionate action IMO. A good outcome for all concerned, and I hope the kids are re-educated in the error of their ways and become stand-up citizens.
  
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- BlackCrow
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 9:45am
  @Joshua
  
  Brandishing a firearm is producing a gun with the intent to threaten. For instance “GET OUT I HAVE A GUN! Or Joe Biden’s “let go a couple rounds out the balcony” or something equally as stupid. To pull a gun without the intent of using is is a good way to draw fire from an armed intruder or worse get that gun taken away and turned on you.
  
  I would HIGHLY recommend anyone who want’s to use a firearm for home defense go take the NRA’s “Refuse to be a Victim” class or take your states CCW class even if you don’t intend to get your license. If you are not 100% sure in your own mind that you can use that gun even if it is some 12 year old who broke in you shouldn’t be trying to use a gun in a break in. 12 year olds have been known to carry guns and USE them in commission of crimes.
  
  Yes I am an NRA certified firearms safety instructor, range safety officer, pistol and rifle coach.
  
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- oldpup
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 6:00pm
  abd thn wat
  
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nzkiwi
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:17pm
Ummm…

Do you really believe that?

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runwithscissors
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:14pm
Would not want to be shot by a rifle, major damage done even with a 22lr

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- JethroUSMC
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 8:46am
  Because most shot with a .22 rimfire die days later. Only a central nervous system hit will put someone down and stop the attack. A determined criminial can easily fight back through multiple gun shot wounds that impart far more kinetic energy into the body – a CNS hit, kinetic energy and massive bleeding are what stop an attacker.
  
  I’m glad it turned out the way it did. But that was absolutely foolish to 1. go searching for criminals and 2. with an unloaded weapon.
  
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13th Imam
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:09pm
The kids dad was very lucky. He could have been carrying him in a box. Will the kid learn anything?

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- Fubared
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 8:06pm
  Off topic, but another reason to not listen to Uncle Joe, at all…
  http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/02/28/biden-advises-shooting-shotgun-through-door?vwo=2cn3
  
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jman-6
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:08pm
Bravo!Bravo To the father that was man enough to bring his punky son back and made to apologize! Son you better count your lucky stars your still alive!! Praise GOD since you still have breath!

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progressiveslayer
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:04pm
An unloaded rifle is a club,yes in this case the bluff worked but if the perps would’ve been armed the story would’ve had a bad ending. Moral of the story,keep your weapons loaded at all times.

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- MDECKER
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:30pm
  I agree! But, imagine if he had an unloaded bazooka! OMG, would that have been scary!
  
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- taxpro4u03
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 8:00pm
  tired of the p/c — it IS what it IS — ANYTHING that causes ‘emotional distress’ in another human being is for all intents and purposes — an ASSAULT. The bayonet is — an INTIMIDATING ‘assault’ weapon designed to induce FEAR in an adversary — same as a certified letter THREATENING ‘possible action’ if one doesn’t ‘comply.’ Both are generally used in ‘battle.’ — One with HONOR (remote-site drone operators don’t count) – the other cowardly ‘shot-gunning’ for revenue — a human being who’s natural state of being is say — 6 foot 4 (as Lincoln was) facing down a midget like McClellan has an ‘intimidating effect…’ — Now we get to ‘sue’ for anything we can construe to be an ‘assault’ upon our “emotions….” — Militarized police are — ‘assault weapons’ designed to intimidate the public into compliance —- real or imagined — THAT is the Goebels’s intent…. Woody Wilson teach :-)
  
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- cgnick
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 9:18pm
  @Progressiveslayer
  Exactly what I was thinking. A rifle without bullets is a fancy stick. I bet this guy feels that he is lucky too, that they weren’t armed, or violent for that matter. I wonder if he will keep his rifle loaded from now on.
  
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- Mil Mom
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 12:07am
  @progressiveslayer
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:04pm
  
  An unloaded rifle is a club,yes in this case the bluff worked but if the perps would’ve been armed the story would’ve had a bad ending. Moral of the story,keep your weapons loaded at all times
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  As I read the story, the rifle was in the house and the kids already inside when he arrived home, if it had been loaded and they’d found it, he may have been the one dead when scared kids saw him walk in. A loaded gun needs to be in the right hands to be valuable.
  
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Fubared
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:03pm
Kudos to that dad that brought his punk ass son back to apologize. Wood shed action should ensue.

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- Wisdom7
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:05pm
  I bet he doesn’t vote democrat either.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:20pm
  FUBARED, Hopefully a combination of the incident and the father’s action and further follow up will scare the pure dumbass out of at least one kid. The parents of the other two kids are probably phoning as many shysters as they can in hopes of suing.
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:28pm
  I am getting old. I cannot fathom breaking into a stranger’s house, let alone thinking it was cool at 14. That scares me in a visceral way. Work late sometimes, if the dogs wake me up, me and the shotgun will not discern the age of the 3 chalk outlines until much later. 14? WTF.
  
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- RetUSAFVet
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:55pm
  Wood shed action should be the result – however the father would then be charged with child abuse and the perp teen would learn another lesson, that “the nanny government” will protect you over your victim’s right every day of the week. Just make a complaint about child abuse (physical or sexual) and you get off scott free and the other person is marked for life, even if it was not true. Hopefully, we will correct this problem of false claims soon.
  
  In the mean time, kudos to the victim for his positive actions in removing criminals from the neighborhood.
  
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