Quote:It's only going to get a lot worse. Morality is not only out of style these days, but suffering from constant attack from progressives. Violence and dependence is glorified, and younger, impressionable minds think stuff like this is what one aspires to. Society has made it out to be cool.

 

It's why I don't leave the house without at least one sidearm on me. One of those little freaks tries to make a name for themselves with my blood is going  to have a really bad day. It won't turn out like they hoped for at all.

 

What's really sad about this is that, I'm betting if you look at the family structure this kid grew up in, there's probably not a father in the picture.  I know this will frost some folks here for daring to suggest it, but the disintegration of the traditional family unit is at least partly to blame for situations like this.  These kids get lost in a never ending cycle where they don't have decent examples to learn from, and they end up being pulled into an element of society that is conducive to this kind of behavior. 

 

Like you, I am always going to protect myself because you never know when you'll be in a situation where you're confronted by someone of this ilk who is just passing time and looking for mischief without regard for human life.  It's sad that this is a 12 year old kid who has already started building up a rap sheet, but he's nothing more than the product of society.

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