Either that or it's just getting warmed up with daddy in the slammer.

A career in the adult entertainment industry, perhaps, just to show daddy who's boss?

I'm comfortable going that far. :D One thing that we do know from the articles is that the young man was not allowed inside the home without a chaperone. Regardless of whether the daughter invited him in or not, he knew it wasn't his house and that he wasn't welcome by the owner.

Disrespect the rules of my home, enter without my permission, and you are definately the proud owner of an ass whuppin'.

The next step would be to enroll my daughter in a convent.

In Arkansas it is not illegal for a 19 year old to have sex with a 17 year old as the age of consent is 16. Contrary to popular belief, the age of consent is 18 in only 12 states.

I think I'll end up purchasing a taser, if I have daughters one day.

Still have the satisfaction of a trigger pull, but it won't kill.... plus watching him try to low crawl out of the house, while missing time hacks and "getting the hose again" will make it fun.

LLoE, alaska's a big state and there's an awful lot of places to deposit a body which will never end up being recovered. Friends with aircraft make this easier.



Firing blind into your own daughter's room is just idiotic. Regardless of the door being blocked. he'll have to come out sometime, and it would have been much easier to press tresspassing before even breaking out the beat-stick.

Now, that's the best idea I've heard yet. That's just got fun for the whole family written all over it! :D

And chicks dig older guys. I have known of alot of girls 16/17/18 who are dating guys already out of high school, and even those who are in their twenties.

That's not even the half of it. I went to many a parties during my one year of college (before the Army) and you HAD to id the girl you were talking with. There were countless times that you'd find high school girls at these parties. Heck I knew a few that would come to the barracks when I was in the Army that would try to crash our parties...

I completely agree. (Based on the little info we have) This seems like way to steep of a price.

I'm also with TR on the issue of "if you hurt my kid, you WILL hurt in return"



Also just to through a wrench in the works. In Arizona Deadly force is justified in stopping the commission of a sexual assault.

Now beating the kid with a stick until there is no more stick, THEN getting your gun is a bit different.

Something no one has thought of....what if he was trying to kill his daughter along with the boyfriend, when he shot through the door. One of those guy's who think's his daughter is ruined because she had sex.
Not likely, but there are people out there like that.

Tasers are scary, my brother got a good one and that big blue spark scares the crap out of people. There are legal ramifications though even for tasers... when my bro got it he researched them. Forget what they all were now.

My last day at work this summer as a waiter around the pool at a hotel I started chatting with this gorgeous girl and her family. Looked 19/20. Turned out she was 16. YIKES.

...or she had sex with a boy named Guzman.

My father had a great way to counsel my sister’s young suitors. Keep in mind he's 6'3 220 bald and a little scary to begin with. When my sister’s date would come over my mother would escort him into the family room where my father was cleaning his shotgun while eating jalapenos out of the jar. The jalapenos always made his bald head turn red and sweat. He would talk in a very low tone where you could just barely hear him, and he'd ask what time they were planning on having my sister home. The answer usually ended up something similar to "anytime you'd like her home sir!" Short sweet and very legal like, no overt threats, but the message was understood and he couldn't be accused of anything, accept for having a clean weapon!

I've been Tasered 6 times (in training environments) but I can testify... they really are fun for the entire family. :p

A little juice is nothing compared to a bullet.

After reading this, and thinking about it, I'll state an opinion.

The father committed a selfish act.

He was more concerned about his own emotions than the well-being of his family.

It may well be that he did everything right and his daugher insisted on making poor choices.
Given his actions, it seems unlikely, but it is still possible.

He had every right to feel angry (very angry).
Strong emotion does not license any action.

His lack of self-control resulted in the unnecessary maiming of another human being.
It will result in severe long-term problems for his daughter (whom he was supposedly protecting).
It will result in hardships for his family because of his absence due to incarceration.

The word that matters here is responsibility.

Even if he did everything right for the previous 17 years, even if he is under severe emotional stress, he is still responsible to make the right decision.

This is a tragedy for all involved.