A driver in Atlanta shot a 17-year-old boy because the boy egged his Mercedes.
http://www.aolnews.com/crime/article/police-prankster-tivarus-king-shot-dead-after-egging-mercedes/19698342
And the boy later died. It will be interesting to see if the Mercedes owner is prosecuted for homicide.
If it were Texas, I think he'd get off on the grounds that he was "defending his property." I don't know if Georgia is much better; we'll have to wait and see.
To my mind, it's yet another example of how, when guns are widely owned, they can and will be used in anger--with tragic consequences.
Copyright (c) 2010 by Richard Stein
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