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As the intruder walked down the stairs, “he told me he was going to kill me, f-you and all that,” Chris said.

The final shot hit the man in the leg as he was hopping the fence, the boy said.

The man was taken to a local hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.

Context is everything and you don’t have any. I’d be mocking the meth head who tried to kill 11 year old me as well. This kid is a hero.

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alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Wait the kid shot the man as he was trying to hop a fence and run away? Again, this is the behavior of actual psychopaths.

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- vinnymac@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yes a child, not a grow adult with the ability to make perfect judgement calls, shot in the direction of his attacker. Then continued to shoot as the attacker was fleeing the scene.
  
  Don’t be naive, a grown adult who was in a panic in that circumstance would not be viewed as a psychopath, let alone a child.
  
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- Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Gotta make sure they keep running.
  
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bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Context doesn’t help - laughing at someone you shot is extremely disturbing behavior. 10x so for a child.

The correct response is fear/adrenaline/panic or something to that effect.

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- TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  the correct response
  
  There is no “correct” response to traumatic events
  
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- vinnymac@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Can you tell me more about how context isn’t important in this circumstance?
  
  The child told news reporter this after the event occurred. We don’t even know whether or not he laughed like, “heh wow that was scary”. Or maniacally like the Joker.
  
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- redisdead@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  The correct response when shooting a criminal who broke into your home and threatened you is my, indeed, not to laugh, but to reload and keep shooting.
  
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- IMNOTCRAZYINSTITUTION@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  your life has never been threatened by another person and it shows. the kid probably was feeling a rush of both fear and then self confidence because he successfully defended himself, which manifested in clowning on the fucker who was trying to kill him. it’s very easy for you to judge and diagnose him from behind your screen but if you were in the situation, how do you know you’d act differently? or more likely you’d probably cower in the corner and get yourself killed because you’re too concerned with the intruder’s feelings to do anything about it
  
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