Prosecutor: Shooting of Dad, a Veteran, Justified

[SecularMotion]

A teenager's fatal shooting of a troubled Army veteran father who threatened his family then tossed the child a loaded gun was legally justified, a Vermont prosecutor said Wednesday.

No charges will be filed against the child of Kryn Miner, 44, a veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, who was shot and killed inside the family's Essex Junction home last month.

Miner had threatened to kill his four children, physically assaulted his wife and threw a loaded handgun to the teen who came to her aid.

"Do you want to play the gun game?" Miner — who served in the 82nd Airborne Division and was sniper qualified — asked the teen, according to authorities. The teen said no, but fired six shots when Miner pulled another gun from a bag. Miner was hit five times.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/prosecutor-shooting-dad-veteran-justified-23624567

[brer cat]

1. What a tragedy.

My heart goes out to the family and especially the teen who was put in an impossible situation. I can only pray that Miner, who gave 25 years in service to our country starting when he was a teenager himself, is finally at peace.

[Eleanors38]

4. I agree.

[blueridge3210]

2. What are your thoughts on this story?

Do you wish to actually discuss what you post or are you busy trying to tie this in to Nazis or the KKK?
Please advise.

[Eleanors38]

3. I wonder, Secmo: Do you even care? You say nothing.

Has calculation finally, feverishly overtaken even that last, sacred flag-wrap at DU, compassion? With silence, one can only speculate.