Teenager shot--shooter charged

When did breaking into a car become worthy of capital punishment?

Of course the shooter has been charged, rightly so.

When did breaking into a car become worthy of capital punishment?

Of course the shooter has been charged, rightly so.

Cervini was not armed but Scott told police that at least one of the teens charged at him before he fired the weapon.

the problem is people don´t respect others property, gung ho attidude which people think it´s great and stupid gun laws that allows people have weapons
which has nothing other purpose than kill human being, and the fact that you can have them even if you are nutcase.

From the article:

Cervini was not armed but Scott told police that at least one of the teens charged at him before he fired the weapon.


That makes it self-defense.

From the article:

According to Parrinello, Scott said he was awakened by noises outside of his home — 58 Baneberry Way — and when he looked out the window, he saw three people in his neighbors' driveway near the neighbors' car. Scott told his girlfriend to call 911 and that he was going downstairs "to contain the situation," Parrinello said.

A guy I work with-his wife is a schoolteacher who taught the kid who was killed. She had him in Special Ed. (not saying Special Education kids are bad at all) and he was constantly a source of frustration for her. Cocky, not-caring attitude....she said it's not a surprise he got into trouble but she had hoped it wouldn't happen so soon

thank you robert, that is how i feel too, i just could not believe that people wrote such posts.

A guy I work with-his wife is a schoolteacher who taught the kid who was killed. She had him in Special Ed. (not saying Special Education kids are bad at all) and he was constantly a source of frustration for her. Cocky, not-caring attitude....she said it's not a surprise he got into trouble but she had hoped it wouldn't happen so soon

Good thing he was shot and killed. Sounds like he deserves what he got.
Society can't condone a teenager who's frustrating and cocky with a not-caring attitude.

OOPS... sounds like we've just allowed every teenager in the world to be shot on sight.

How does this differ from the thread lamenting the stoning to death of a woman who was raped?
How does a society condone the killing of a child for an act of stupidity?

Neither situation calls for the eventual outcomes.

Capital punishment is wrong.

No one, not even the state, has the right to take away a person's life.

Anyone who thinks this is some form of justice is bent out of shape far beyond my ability to fix in a forum such as this.

I do find it strange that Americans can get angry at the death of a woman, at the hand of the state, for being raped in a Middle Eastern country but feel it's allright to shoot and kill a kid for breaking into a car.

I can only assume that a couple of CD's and a pack of smokes are more valuable than a life in the United States of America.

Canadian and proud of it.

You guys can keep on shooting each other as much as you want but please stop trying to lay that morality crap on the rest of the world.

Who is at fault here?

A teenage thief?

A scared and/or angry citizen?

The parents of the teen?

At the bottom of it was the quest for a "legalized" "goverment controled" "heavily taxed" drug.

Lessons to be learned:
- If at 3 am in the morning when liberating other peoples property you are confronted with an armed person you probaly should run as fast as you can instead of trying to reason with them.
- Legalization of a drug does not remove "unintended consequences".

Confusion regarding the "American Morality"
- A rape "victim" is a victim. So any punishment of a victim is immoral.
- A criminal in the commision of a crime is not a victim, he instigates the action and therefore assumes any risk that comes from it however catostophic.
(example, if a burglar falls from a building, most Americans don't feel the building owner should have installed safety ladders for burglars.)

Was it the homeowners intent to kill or to scare the teens - did he shoot to kill or only to wound? How can anyone posting here say? We weren't there and no one can see what's in another's mind. They can state with certainty someone got shot - but they can only speculate as to what they would have done themselves. Pro or Con, even Canadians.

I would not recommend breaking into cars in Montreal or Alberta. Even if Robert says it is safe to do so.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/03/27/cgy-farmer-bashwaw-shot-theif.html
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