re: Philadelphia boy, 12, fatally shot through door while answering knock

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I know people who commit crimes aren't the brightest people around, but I would think that they'd be smart enough to wear gloves while loading their gun.

It why a lot of these crimes never get solved.

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A criminal with the wherewithal to wear gloves while handling and loading their ammo wouldn't have left the casing on the porch. Also, I'm sure it can be done, but I have a 9MM with 16 round mags and I can yell you that handling the ammo while loading with gloves would be cumbersome (unless very, very thin).

What are the chances that he has family who are in the game?

Lots of the more disturbing murders you hear about in some communities are people getting back at rivals through killing their kids.

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What was he doing awake at this time of night?

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Gaming maybe, I stayed up pretty late when I was his age

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I am not trying to be funny because this is tragic but is that why they shot him through the eye. To send a message?

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It was a blind shot through a door so the shooter couldn't have known he would hit anything or anyone at any particular place.

Maybe a revenge killing for something he may not necessarily have even been involved in. Kill someone, they suffer momentarily. Kill their child and they suffer for a lifetime.

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And there lies the problem. What happens more in this country? And by more, I mean ridiculously MORE.

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Well, because one allows them to play the victim and the other would require an acceptance of the fact that they are their own worst enemy and the reason for many of their issues.