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[–] 13 points 1 year ago

a witness had recalled someone exiting the house that was pranked and “shooting at the kids running down the street”.

“Unfortunately, sadly enough, one of the boys, who was 11 years old, was shot in the back,” Cass said.

Texas is a hellhole

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    With our mix of rabid gun hysteria and mentally ill folks with little to no options for treatment, I’m only surprised this didn’t happen sooner.

    ETA:

    In May, a man in Virginia was charged with second-degree murder after he shot and killed a teenager who had filmed a TikTok video playing the doorbell game on the man’s home at 3am, according to local police reports.

    Oh, so it did happen sooner. Children getting shot to death just isn’t newsworthy enough anymore for it to have been a noticeable story. Go figure.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's still victim blaming. There is no reasonable situation where shooting a kid in the back is ever a good choice. Fucking ever.

    Worse, you can't expect a child to look up online how dangerous a joke is before playing it. Their brains aren't wired that way. Kids will be ringing doorbells and running away until doorbells stop existing. Shooting them for it is co.pletely and entirely on the person with the gun. Every single time.

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