Here is yet another example that happened pretty close to St. Louis in which a man who got irritated by kids shooting fireworks decided the only logical thing to do was to shoot the children. Luckily a bystander quickly put an end to this asshats madness. Imagine how bad it could have been had someone with a firearm not been there to intervene.
https://www.kvue.com/article/news/crime/man-annoyed-by-fireworks-shoots-teen-12-year-old-neighbor-and-then-gets-shot-by-bystander/63-65e2d7f1-0c00-4b22-a15b-975a37a30c35
According to NBC5 a 16-year-old, a 12-year-old, a man in his 40s, and a bystander were all shot by a man who was annoyed by kids setting off fireworks in Washington Park, Missouri Tuesday night.
Still stretched across a grassy field, crime scene tape at the intersection of 47th and Caseyville.
Around 9:30 Tuesday night “Keisha” said she and her kids were inside their home watching TV when they heard fireworks followed by gunfire.
“We just heard gunshots,” Keisha explained. “Came outside and there were police everywhere all up and down Caseyville.”
Washington Park police say three kids, including a 12-year-old boy, had been outside shooting off fireworks when their neighbor got annoyed by the sound of the firecrackers. That’s when, they say, the man stepped outside and pointed a gun at the kids.
Police say the fearful children…
There is absolutely no reason you should not carry if you can legally do so. Not only are you protecting your life but the lives of others as well.