Sometimes kids gotta be home alone, just a fact of life. I don't like the idea of my 15 y.o. grandson being defenseless, but giving him his Hi Point 9mm carbine to keep loaded and accessible just scares the shit out of me. I was a 15 y.o. kid once, with unlocked guns and ammo in the house, and I know that I certainly did some stupid shit with 'em that my parents never found out about. Different place, different era, but still....that's a very fine line and very thin ice. Just glad we live in a pretty safe whitebread neighborhood.

But in this case, I'm glad the boy had a weapon available and knew how to get to it and use it. But I also agree that the parents are likely to feel some heat about it, regardless of the fact the kid's a hero.