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FirstLight

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3. Geez! That's scary 😮

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 01:04 AM

Sep 2025

I played it and my kids too... Wtaf? This gun crazy world needs to stop 🥺

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11-year-old boy fatally shot in Houston after 'ding dong ditch' doorbell-ringing prank, police say [View all] dalton99a Sep 2025 OP

There was a lady a block up from where I grew up who would come out with a rifle to scare us all off. chowder66 Sep 2025 #1

Don't care how much one loves guns and chit, no excuse for shooting unless they broke in the house. Silent Type Sep 2025 #2

If I were a prosecuting attorney in this case Oeditpus Rex Sep 2025 #4

Agree! If someone is outside your house -- and especially running away -- I can think of very Silent Type Sep 2025 #6

If one thinks the situation is so dangerous that you need a gun in hand... Kaleva Sep 2025 #8

Unless one is being stalked Oeditpus Rex Sep 2025 #12

Castle doctrine should NOT apply RandomNumbers Sep 2025 #21

Thank you, Kyle Rittenhouse. Captain Zero Sep 2025 #10

Or George Zimmerman. Silent Type Sep 2025 #11

The Republicans have got everybody scared of "criminals" yardwork Sep 2025 #19

Geez! That's scary 😮 FirstLight Sep 2025 #3

And there are DUers who are trying to encourage others here to get guns Kaleva Sep 2025 #5

I have been disappointed in number of folks supporting guns too. I think gun laws strict enough Silent Type Sep 2025 #7

I agree. If DUers are now advocating getting guns, then any chance at meaningful gun control is lost. Kaleva Sep 2025 #9

I don't think gun evangelists are concerned about others' safety Oeditpus Rex Sep 2025 #13

As you yourself pointed out above NickB79 Sep 2025 #15

And that requires planning and extensive training Kaleva Sep 2025 #17

OMG. We played that game bamagal62 Sep 2025 #14

Kids didn't get shot in those days for TPing their neighbors or ringing their doorbells. Ocelot II Sep 2025 #26

People and their guns. Sad Emile Sep 2025 #16

You all know there's a tic toc vid out there of a boy doing a ding-dong Baitball Blogger Sep 2025 #18

We called it "Ring & Run" here in NYC Polybius Sep 2025 #20

Shit that literally only happens in America Johonny Sep 2025 #22

This is horrible, and also in the year 2025 in Texas pinkstarburst Sep 2025 #23

And it's all his fault! Oeditpus Rex Sep 2025 #28

Nowhere did I say he deserved it pinkstarburst Sep 2025 #30

Nowhere did I say you said he deserved it Oeditpus Rex Sep 2025 #32

I am absolutely saying that all parents should be warning pinkstarburst Sep 2025 #33

So, once again, Oeditpus Rex Sep 2025 #34

In the 50s we did it in a sort of "double dog dare" way for the spooky houses. Ping Tung Sep 2025 #24

More Texas "standing your ground" style. republianmushroom Sep 2025 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author synni Sep 2025 #27

Just awful. hamsterjill Sep 2025 #29

It's the fucking guns. It's the fucking guns. It's the fucking guns. It's the fucking guns. It's the fucking guns. Initech Sep 2025 #31

Wow that really bothers somebody gotta get up to answer the door unfreaking believable Tribetime Sep 2025 #35