ARMED 14-YEAR-OLDS DEFEND THEIR HOMES AND SIBLINGS IN ARIZONA AND IN NORTH CAROLINA

The 911 dispatcher in North Carolina ordered the boy not to shoot the home invader

Here are two cases in which 14-year-old boys, one with a handgun and the other with a shotgun, shot burglars who broke into their homes while they were alone with their siblings. Good for the boys and phooey on that N.C. 911 dispatcher.

CHILDREN HAVE A RIGHT TO SELF DEFENSE, AT LEAST IN ARIZONA
By Bob Walsh

PACOVILLA Corrections blog
June 24, 2012

Friday night a 14-yer old boy was home in Phoenix, babysitting with his three younger siblings when he heard the front door being rattled. He believed somebody was possibly attempting to break in. He went upstairs and retrieved a handgun. (In the People’s Republic of California having a handgun accessible to someone under 18 could have serious legal consequences.) As he was coming down the stairs from the bedroom the front door broke in and the intruder pointed a gun at the boy on the stairs. The boy shot first.

The as-yet unnamed 37-year old intruder is now in the hospital in critical condition but is likely to live. The cops are looking for a second suspect.

I don’t think that the local authorities are contemplating charging either the young man or his parents. In California that would not be a sure bet.
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HENDERSON TEEN TELLS 911 DISPATCHER: ‘I JUST SHOT THE MAN’
By Stacy Davis

WRAL.com
January 3, 2012

Henderson, N.C. — A 14-year-old Henderson boy calmly described in a 911 call how he shot an intruder in a home invasion last week.

"I just shot the man. He came around the corner. I shot him. He broke the whole glass out (of the back door)," the teen told the 911 dispatcher.

Authorities said Anthony Henderson Jr. 19, broke into the home at 586 S. Lynnbank Road on Thursday while the teen and his 17-year-old sister were home.

The boy told the dispatcher that Henderson pointed a handgun at him, but Vance County Sheriff Peter White said deputies found no weapon on Henderson.

Henderson stumbled outside after being shot and was found dead on the lawn.

Deputies have charged Andrew Terry, 23, of 113 N. Woods Drive, with felony breaking and entering, conspiracy to commit breaking and entering and injury to real property in the case. They also are searching for two other men – Seneca Henderson, 20, of 907 S. Beckford Drive, No. 134, and Jatwaun Davis, 21, of 199 Belle Russell Road.

The boy's sister called 911 to report that someone was banging on the door trying to get in. She said she was hiding in her bedroom closet but told the dispatcher that her brother had a gun.

After the brother got on the phone, the dispatcher ordered him to put down his shotgun.

"I don't know how many it was (who broke in). Just one came around the corner. I got one more in the chamber. I'm going to shoot again," the boy said.

"Do not, while I’m on the phone, do not fire that firearm, OK?" the dispatcher said.

"What if another one comes in the house, ma'am?" he asked.

"Let me know, OK, if you see anybody. I will let you know (when a deputy gets to the house)," the dispatcher responded.

As the boy and his sister waited for deputies to arrive, he told the dispatcher that he was "perfectly fine," but his sister was "really shaken up."

The boy even asks about the condition of the intruder.

"He's still outside. He's unconscious. I'm not sure if he's still living or not," the dispatcher said. "They only found one outside. Are you not sure how many it was?"

"I'm not sure how many it was, but when I shot, I didn't hear anybody running," he said.

No charges are expected against the teen for firing on Henderson. North Carolina's Castle Doctrine law, updated on Dec. 1, allows homeowners to assume intruders mean them ill whether they have a weapon on not.