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When I started carrying a gun for protection, it never really occurred to me that I might have to use it against a young teen. Not saying an adult’s life is any less valuable, but the thought of shooting a young teen in self-defense is just harder for me to swallow than shooting an adult in self-defense. Then throw in the fact that it’s a female teen, and man, that situation just hits differently.

I guess it has to do with the fact that I know a young teen has barely lived life and doesn’t really understand the consequences of their actions and how it can affect them for the rest of their life, literally. Whereas with an adult, you should know better.

But don’t get it twisted, I’m not saying I won’t defend myself against a young teen if they’re threatening death or serious bodily harm. I’ll defend myself and then go sit on a therapist’s couch for as long as I need to afterward, as long as I walk away alive. But the fact still remains, the reality of carrying a gun for protection is that you might have to someday use it against a 13-year-old girl.

The sad irony behind all of this is that she did everything she could to stop them from hurting her and stealing her car. Yet, she still lost the use of her car because now it’s evidence.

But the question I know some of you are wondering is whether she was justified in shooting?

The law in Illinois says in relevant part:

You can use force if you reasonably believe it’s necessary to stop someone from trespassing or interfering with your property, but you can only use deadly force if you reasonably believe it’s necessary to stop a forcible felony. No exceptions. Resource Here

So what’s a forcible felony?

A “forcible felony” in relevant parts covers crimes like burglary of a vehicle with intent to commit a felony or theft, which is what these teens were doing. They broke into her car to try to steal it, so if you ask me, I don’t think she’ll be charged, and if she is, I doubt she’ll be found guilty. Forcible Felony.

My question is, where are these kids’ parents? I get it, you can do everything right as a parent and your kid can still become a total loser, but running around stealing people’s cars at the age of 13, as a girl at that, doesn’t scream great parenting. I’m happy the girl didn’t die, but I also don’t feel sorry for her, because you don’t have to be an adult to know that stealing someone’s car is messed up. So she’ll have to live with those consequences. But I do feel sorry for her in that she clearly wasn’t raised correctly.

I just hate that this lady has to live with not only the fact that she doesn’t have a car anymore for the foreseeable future while they’re still investigating, but I’m sure she would have rather not have had to shoot this girl. But like I said before and I’ll say it again, it’s not our fault that people’s messed up decisions put us in a situation where we might have to shoot them to protect ourselves.

So tell me what you guys and gals think. If you were in this situation, would you have tried to stop the teens, or would you just let them take your car?

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