[Newsbot]

Title: U.S. court releases chilling audio of homeowner gunning down teens in break-in
Category: Law & Order
Posted By: N_Fiddledog
Date: 2014-05-03 12:27:39

[N_Fiddledog]

Check that tape out.

Whisperin Byron is one spooky dude.

[andyt]

He's not very smart. Neither is the second kid who came downstairs - didn't he hear the gunshots?

$1:

Minnesota law allows deadly force to prevent a felony from taking place in one’s home or dwelling, but one’s actions must be considered reasonable under the circumstances.

Sounds like they have it right in Minnesota. We should copy them in Canada

[saturn_656]

Surprised they got two first degree murder charges to stick, given the circumstances.

[N_Fiddledog]

Like I said, Whisperin Byron was a scary dude, but it's hard to make broad sweeping decisions based on his case alone, because there are also cases like this one from last week concerning another home invader who chose the wrong house.

http://www.canadaka.net/link.php?id=83510

Or those two poor little fool druggies who broke into Whisperin Byron's basement would have done themselves a favor if they read the papers and listened to the advice of this lady from Detroit who'd also been forced to throw down against home invaders.

http://www.canadaka.net/link.php?id=83524

[Gunnair]

andyt andyt:

He's not very smart. Neither is the second kid who came downstairs - didn't he hear the gunshots?

$1:

Minnesota law allows deadly force to prevent a felony from taking place in one’s home or dwelling, but one’s actions must be considered reasonable under the circumstances.

Sounds like they have it right in Minnesota. We should copy them in Canada

Well, the main thing is that he's safe now.

[xerxes]

Not scary enough for Sean Hannity who has a man crush now on this murdering scumbag.

[N_Fiddledog]

xerxes xerxes:

Not scary enough for Sean Hannity who has a man crush now on this murdering scumbag.

No way. Really? Link me. I don't believe you.

Must have been before he heard the tape.

[Thanos]

$1:

Because some roads you shouldn't go down. Maps used to say "there be dragons here". Now they don't. But that don't mean the dragons ain't there.

- Billy Bob Thornton as the hitman, Fargo episode 1

Those kids chose the wrong road to go down. And they ran into the wrong dragon to annoy. I hate defending anyone so cold blooded, but this is all on those two dummies. They deliberately chose the wrong thing to do, met someone a lot worse than they were, and paid a horrible price for their bad decision making. Leave Byron Smith alone to his own devices and in a few years he dies unnoticed and the cops go into his house and marvel at his collection of weapons and stockpiled ammunition. Raise his ire and end up in the morgue.

Sorry, but I just can't feel sorry for criminals, not when their own choices lead them to a bad end. They failed at being good citizens of a society long before they encountered Byron Smith.

[Gunnair]

Thanos Thanos:

$1:

Because some roads you shouldn't go down. Maps used to say "there be dragons here". Now they don't. But that don't mean the dragons ain't there.

- Billy Bob Thornton as the hitman, Fargo episode 1

Those kids chose the wrong road to go down. And they ran into the wrong dragon to annoy. I hate defending anyone so cold blooded, but this is all on those two dummies. They deliberately chose the wrong thing to do, met someone a lot worse than they were, and paid a horrible price for their bad decision making. Leave Byron Smith alone to his own devices and in a few years he dies unnoticed and the cops go into his house and marvel at his collection of weapons and stockpiled ammunition. Raise his ire and end up in the morgue.

Sorry, but I just can't feel sorry for criminals, not when their own choices lead them to a bad end. They failed at being good citizens of a society long before they encountered Byron Smith.

Good grief...

[Thanos]

Some mistakes are lethal. Don't drive drunk and you don't end up flying through the windshield and smashing your head open against the telephone pole you crash into. Don't be a druggie criminal and do housebreaking to feed your habit because eventually you're going to run into someone who isn't going to run away from you and let you violate his home.

Basic common sense actually. Don't act like a jerk and you won't get nailed.

[saturn_656]

The way this case is spoken about in the media, you'd think the two felons simply took a wrong turn and mistakenly walked through one of his windows and somehow fell in his basement.

The shooter needs to spend the rest of his life in prison, no doubt. But don't tell me the two cousins were innocent victims, they were a couple of budding career criminals and this wasn't their first B&E. One of them reportedly had hit Smith's house at least once before.

Thanos is right in that they simply ran up against someone not only nastier but someone with job skills that would make him the bane of any common crook. If the guy could do embassy security, defending a home in suburbia would be child's play.

[OnTheIce]

Thanos Thanos:

Those kids chose the wrong road to go down. And they ran into the wrong dragon to annoy. I hate defending anyone so cold blooded, but this is all on those two dummies. They deliberately chose the wrong thing to do, met someone a lot worse than they were, and paid a horrible price for their bad decision making. Leave Byron Smith alone to his own devices and in a few years he dies unnoticed and the cops go into his house and marvel at his collection of weapons and stockpiled ammunition. Raise his ire and end up in the morgue.

Sorry, but I just can't feel sorry for criminals, not when their own choices lead them to a bad end. They failed at being good citizens of a society long before they encountered Byron Smith.

[BRAH]

First lesson, stay the Fuck out of people's homes and you won't get shot.

[saturn_656]

I don't know about "won't get shot".

Let's just say the odds of you getting shot drop dramatically.