National How many DGU by kids in the past 10 years?

[Nick Burkhardt]

There has been a lot of talk in various threads about kids with access to firearms. In my opinion it depends on the kids and the parents and should not be mandated by the State. Some of us were just fine having access to our own firearms as young as 11, and there are some 22 year-olds that I would not trust with any gun.

One thought on the matter crossed my mind this weekend and set me Googling. How many defensive gun uses by teens would have resulted in a negative outcome if the kids did not have access to a firearm? Since local newspapers and television stations delete older stories, I set my search for 10 years back. While I found over 30, as I feared, some of the online articles were deleted. While IP44 only deals with minors, because the recent outcry to prohibit all "kids" under 21 from owning any firearm I did include an 18 year old widowed mother, a 19 year old and a 20 year old college student who was given a revolver by her dad.

So here they are along with their approximate reporting dates

5/4/2009
College Student kills home invader.

7/17/2009
<broken link removed>

1/15/2010
<broken link removed>

6/30/2010
Investigators: 15-year-old son of deputy shoots burglary suspect

12/31/2011
Teen Mom Kills Intruder After 911 Call

01/02/2012
Boy, 14, kills intruder Michael Henderson after gang of FOUR men try to break into house | Daily Mail Online

6/25/2012
<broken link removed>

10/18/2012
12-Year-Old Girl Shoots Intruder During Home Invasion In Bryan County

6/4/2013
NY boy, 10, grabs home intruder's gun, shoots wall

2/21/2014
Teen Believed to Have Shot and Killed Abductor

2/26/2014
Girl, 11, kills cougar that trailed her brother

5/23/2014
Dallas son uses gun, stops mom from drowning 2 children

7/7/2014
Park County teen takes action against invading bear

7/7/2014
Hendersonville teen exchanges gunfire with mom's ex-boyfriend

7/22/2014
1 intruder killed, other shot and wounded in Carrick home invasion

9/24/2014
Girl, 11, shoots man attacking mother in southeast Oklahoma City

10/23/2014
<broken link removed>

10/28/2014
<broken link removed>

12/16/2014
911 call released in deadly Charlotte home invasion

1/28/2015
UCF student pulls gun on burglar as he breaks through door

2/19/2015
<broken link removed>

8/20/2015
<broken link removed>

9/3/2015
Police ID 16-year-old fatally shot by 11-year-old Thursday afternoon

11/10/2015
<broken link removed>

3/17/2016
Would-be burglars scared off by teenager with rifle at Pierce County home

4/11/2016
17-year old shot and killed an Ohio County man, allegedly defending his father

5/3/2016
11-year-old protects Talladega home against intruder

7/24/2016
NC Teen Scares Off Intruders With Rifle.

8/3/2016
<broken link removed>

11/15/2016
Warrant: Family finds accused sex offender hiding under stairs

7/19/2017
Home invader chased off by 17-year-old girl with handgun

7/30/2017
Armed 11-year-old boy saves fishing party from charging bear

9/7/2017
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/09/07/police-taco-bell-employees-fatally-shoot-armed-robber.html

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[slimmer13]

They don't count. "It's for the (other) children".

 

[nwslopoke]

Just as DC and Hollywood live in their own reality bubble, so does every state capital. Salem, Sacramento, Olympia. They may not all be rich but they are well protected.

These stories deny politicians TV time. A governor can't come out and praise the local PD, state police & the F B.I. if an 11 yo girl blows away the would be home invader. No, tears always are a better story even though the mantra is...No more tears and well wishers. Take away the guns.

The latest push from the left is gun owners wannabe cops and have small dicks. It's being repeated again and again because the last, whatever they were trying wasn't working. When the government says THEY will keep you safe but don't. People start thinking, maybe they can't.

 

[P7M13]

Thank you for utilizing your Google-foo.

Prima facie, to people who don't own guns, keeping firearms away from children makes perfect sense. To a responsible gun owner, the logic makes as much sense as living in a rattler infested area and just saying, "keep away from the snakes."
Part of being a responsible gun owner is to teach our children gun safety, care and respect.

To me, the whole concept of requiring guns to be safely locked away is not to protect children, it's based on fear:

• fear of what kids will do when they get their hands on firearms, (Do you think the consistent degradation of societal mores has anything to do with this?)
• Fear that this remains the same undocumented loophole for criminals to get their hands on guns.