an older teenager with a machete is just as dangerous as an adult with a machete.

This isn’t kids being kids. This is young people with anti-social tendencies. 99% of kids don’t commit crimes like this.

In a confrontation they don’t get special treatment just because they are young. They get treated just like anyone else with a deadly weapon. Sorry, I would shoot if I had a gun.

And this is not burglary, it’s aggravated burglary and they get long prison sentences for that shit.