Reread the thread. The child is not little, and OP's posting suggests the child is significantly older than 13.Why does HE think it is "okay" to ASSAULT a LITTLE child that has said problems?
Reread the thread. The child is not little, and OP's posting suggests the child is significantly older than 13.Why does HE think it is "okay" to ASSAULT a LITTLE child that has said problems?
Legally, I doubt that smacking her after she made the comment would come even CLOSE to reaching the level of self defense. MAYBE if she were going for the gun or had it in her hands. But, just for making the stupid comment? Unlikely.Most people would consider that self defense. A near adult with a history of erratic and violent behavior threatens to grab a shotgun and blow someone's brains out? Would you suggest turning the other cheek with a loaded barrel pointed at it? Seriously?
Dave? what have you been drinking? The girl didn't have the gun in her hand. She made a verbal threat. Stepdad should have immediately removed the firearm from the house and made a police report. He wasn't defending himself. He was assaulting someone. And that someone was a child. Possibly an mentally disabled child.So you would rather defend a nutjob child who just threatened his life instead of the guy who defended himself.
So "cracking" the child will PREVENT this??? Please! Stop posting to threads that involve children until you know what the hell you are talking about.Isis, maybe you haven't been paying attention to the news for the last dozen years or so, but all too often teens make threats involving firearms and carry them out. My cousin was in the building at Santana High in Santee, CA when the place got shot up several years back. I for one don't take these types of threats idly nor should anyone else.
This is a CHILD. In WHAT WORLD is 12 a 'near adult'? Where did OP state that the 12 year old CHILD had access to a gun? And how, if gun is accessible to children, does that make OP or her LEGAL STRANGER, "right"?Most people would consider that self defense. A near adult with a history of erratic and violent behavior threatens to grab a shotgun and blow someone's brains out? Would you suggest turning the other cheek with a loaded barrel pointed at it? Seriously?
No one said that he should have taken the comment idly, but "cracking" the kid in the head was not the wisest nor likely legal response to the comment. This was not a case of self defense. At best, it was a case of misguided physical discipline.Isis, maybe you haven't been paying attention to the news for the last dozen years or so, but all too often teens make threats involving firearms and carry them out. My cousin was in the building at Santana High in Santee, CA when the place got shot up several years back. I for one don't take these types of threats idly nor should anyone else.
She didn't have the gun in her hand! Stepdad gets the gun out of the house where she has no access, reports the child for threats. Beating a child isn't going to stop verbal threats. He had alternatives. He chose violence.Isis, maybe you haven't been paying attention to the news for the last dozen years or so, but all too often teens make threats involving firearms and carry them out. My cousin was in the building at Santana High in Santee, CA when the place got shot up several years back. I for one don't take these types of threats idly nor should anyone else.
She didn't have the gun in her hand! Stepdad gets the gun out of the house where she has no access, reports the child for threats. Beating a child isn't going to stop verbal threats. He had alternatives. He chose violence.
READ IT AGAIN. OP says the child has been bipolar SINCE 13.This is a CHILD. In WHAT WORLD is 12 a 'near adult'? Where did OP state that the 12 year old CHILD had access to a gun? And how, if gun is accessible to children, does that make OP or her LEGAL STRANGER, "right"?
Bipolar does not mean dangerous. Plus, anyone can say their child is bipolar (and many do), but that does not man the child actually IS. I know many people that claim their child has a disorder for which that child has never been diagnosed.READ IT AGAIN. OP says the child has been bipolar SINCE 13.