Man kills teen boy who walked on his grass

[Nexus]

To me this all comes back to is the lack of respect in todays society. The boy NOT respecting the man's property by staying off of it. The old man NOT respecting life and killing the boy. Was this a needless and tragic death, of course it was. But all of this could have been avoided with a little respect.

[amd_dude]

No, it actually is lower in most other countries. I don't know about Germany, but Japan has like some ridiculously low number of gun-related deaths. It's like two a year, i don't know.

The reason Japan has such low gun rates is for 2 reasons:

1. Incredibly restrictive gun laws. You can only own a shotgun and you have to jump through mountains of red tape, police coming by your house every so often, etc etc

2. Culture. Japanese people have a respect level that is unlike what western countries have.

Read this and this.

[lav-chan]

Moreso culture, as Israel and Switzerland demonstrate.

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

that will teach kids to stay off the grass :p

[frission]

No property is worth a person's life.

you should have tried walking on to a military base after 9/11

[mAcOdIn Veteran]

No property is worth a person's life.

Well, yes it is, but context is important.

A lawn's appearance is probably not, but if one was to try and steal my property you can rest assured that I'd choose my property over their life.

Whatever the kid was doing, he probably didn't need to be shot.

[+Elі Subscriber²]

What an animal; and how disgusting that old man is... He should be locked up for the rest of his poor sad life, that's all I can say to this.

[quigley0]

yeah, the old man should be locked away. I still feel the kid was just asking for trouble, and in no way feel any sympathy for him or the family.

Someone earlier said something about respect. If the boy and his family were nice to the old man, and vice versa, nothing would have happend.

[j.r.l.]

lets see 45% of 295,734,134 and 30% of 32,486,254. yah no difference there.

not to mention canada is a much more rural country and most of thoose guns are probably used for *gasp* hunting. not home "defence". i know lots of people who own guns, hunting guns. i think i can remember one person i know owning a handgun.

2nd that. Anyways, to own a handgun (which I do), you need many different licenses and whatnot. Hunting rifles are allowed but you need to keep them in a case unless you have a hunting permit, which is only good from September to February (for small game, big game is only a weekend). It doesn't matter how much of the population owns guns, what matters is if guns are even controlled beyond registration.

@twist I live in Campbellton NB (55 miles west of Bathurst, you know, just south of the Quebec border) :)

People from NB are pretty rare on Neowin :cool:

[Tech_Dude_5000]

Thats so stuped, sure i can see the man, geting mad, and maybe thowing something or spraying the kid with the hose, but shoting him, that went way to far.

[Samanthala]

Day-um. That's pretty extreme. Couldn't he have just asked the kid politely to get off his lawn?

I can't even imagine what the kid's family is going through right now...

[planetik]

lets see 45% of 295,734,134 and 30% of 32,486,254. yah no difference there.

not to mention canada is a much more rural country and most of thoose guns are probably used for *gasp* hunting. not home "defence". i know lots of people who own guns, hunting guns. i think i can remember one person i know owning a handgun.

Haha, I'm sure 70% of that "30% in Canada" is for hunting.

But obviously there's fighting that leads to gun shooting here in Canada as well. Toronto has become so bad.

[hotwire]

lol holy ****. wow dude.. just wow..

i see a psychological problem here :o

[Wodin]

Thar's some parts of the country round here whar "He needed killin" :angry: is a valid legal defense. :alien: Be very careful who's lawn you walk across round these parts yonder. Ya Hear me boy?!? :shiftyninja:

[DigeratiPrime]

insane.

[Toology]

lol holy ****. wow dude.. just wow..

i see a psychological problem here :o

Hell yeah.

[Rob2687]

Whatever happened to getting chased off with a broom or something...

[SomeAzn]

In the US maybe, but you don't have to expect to get away with stuff like that here in the Netherlands. I honestly can't remember the last time something like this happened in the EU.

Perhaps you need to learn to read. Where in the article does it say that the guy got away with this? Work on your reading skills.

[kirk26]

lol holy ****. wow dude.. just wow..

i see a psychological problem here :o

yea, that crazy kid!

[illicit]

lol holy ****. wow dude.. just wow..

i see a psychological problem here :o

Yeah, you got that right.

[viciv]

it's horrible

[+Warwagon MVC]

That'll Teach the kid

[amd_dude]

Usually when someone really loses it, it will cause a fight. When there is gun available it's just too easy to shoot before thinking.

That's your opinion. I know plenty of people that have guns that would never ever shoot anyone over something that wasn't truly threatening. Too many people in this world have a warped view of people and guns.

[hotdog666al]

The fool!

He should have just beaten the child! Not shot him!

Beating someone is far more rewarding than shooting them in the chest.

[Hum]

:laugh: ^ He could have used rocksalt.