A teenager knocked on the wrong door. Now he’s dead

[John Miller 761]

It was the simplest of mistakes with the steepest of consequences.

Two teenagers were drinking in Chicopee, Mass., Saturday afternoon when they set off to find a friend, according to authorities. Whether it was the booze or the sheer similarity of the neighborhood’s low-slung homes, the teens somehow ended up at the wrong house.

One of the teenagers, a 15-year-old boy, banged on the door.

Suddenly, a gunshot rang out from inside the house, and the boy slumped on the porch with a bullet to his belly.

The boy died at a hospital. He has not yet been identified.

The homeowner, 42-year-old Jeffrey Lovell, was arrested and charged with murder, according to the Chicopee Police Department.

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Lovell is a gun enthusiast whose Facebook page prominently features a picture of him aiming a gun, according to MassLive. Several posts reflected enthusiastic support for the Second Amendment, the website reported.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/18/a-teenager-knocked-on-the-wrong-door-now-hes-dead-and-the-homeowner-is-accused-of-murder/?wpisrc=nl_most-draw5&wpmm=1

Good guy with a gun...

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

No. An idiot who obviously shouldn't own a gun. How senseless and stupid.

Good guy with a gun...

[John Miller 761]

You're saying the second amendment should not have been afforded to him?

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

No, YOU alluded to that. I am saying anyone who shoots through a door without a valid reason (fear of loss of life, for example?) is an idiot, and has no business owning a gun. As in, may well have been mentally unstable.

I have owned guns since I was 7 years old. Never have I pointed one at anyone in jest, nor have I ever pointed at anyone with the intent to shoot. Ever. And I would never shoot thru a door at an unknown noise. That is reckless behavior.

You're saying the second amendment should not have been afforded to him?

[John Miller 761]

This guy owned his firearms legally and you say he had no business owning them. Does that mean you think that guns are too easy to own legally?

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

I guess not judging all by the actions of a few flew the coop

[Sousuke 1,214]

Most state's require an intruder to be in the home, so shooting through the door would be considered murder. A small detail from the story indicates a glass window pane was broken which might indicated an attempt at a violent entry.

Obviously I do not condone shooting through a door, but this isn't quite as black and white as it seems either.

[Rob L 3,811]

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Yeah I got one also

[John Miller 761]

I guess not judging all by the actions of a few flew the coop

But I thought that's what you folks on the right always like to do.