remember, guns are bad, and a bad guy will just take yours and use it on you...

[AmbulanceDriver]

http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2012/06/25/14-year-old-phoenix-boy-shoots-armed-intruder/

Normally, I would think that it's too bad the bad guy wasn't permanently removed from the gene pool, but in this case I'll make an exception in that it's a good thing that a 14 year old won't have to deal with having taken someone's life.

But it sounds like this kid knew what to do, from not answering the door for strangers to getting siblings upstairs and retrieving Dad's pistol when someone broke down the door.

[Perd Hapley]

Ownage!! 

[RoadKingLarry]

Taking a life is always a serious thing but is not always a bad thing.
Our society has put such a stigma on killing that the whole Mark of Cain thing gets pushed over even on to righteous homicide.
I don't think a justifiable killing should be celebrated with balloons and champaign (at least not publicly ) but neither should it be treated like some horrific tragedy.

Kudos to the younger for acting appropriately under extreme pressure.

[MechAg94]

Taking a life is always a serious thing but is not always a bad thing.
Our society has put such a stigma on killing that the whole Mark of Cain thing gets pushed over even on to righteous homicide.
I don't think a justifiable killing should be celebrated with balloons and champaign (at least not publicly ) but neither should it be treated like some horrific tragedy.

Kudos to the younger for acting appropriately under extreme pressure.

Agreed.