I stand behind you Vstyler and would do the same...

Im with you too!

... is one thing... a fully grown 36 year old is another... I'm 39.

..thank you for your concern however.

thx...W..B?   

I felt this one John.

My son Curtis Jr. is 27 years old, paralyzed from the waist down, struck by a bullet when he was 14.

There ain't nothing that can make me feel good about it. Ain't nothing that'll stop me from crying.

Shit man, I'm at work writing this and crying for you.

Lifes been good to me, I have to admit, but nothing matters when your child gets hurt, it ain't fair for no child. Give 'em a chance.

Anyway brother, I want you to know that I'm right there with you. You tell that son of yours that Uncle Curtis is thinkin' about him.

You keep your chin up and keep on being vigilant. 2007 there's no such thing as "over-protective." Protect them while you can!

Cp

I hear ya V...It wasn't even my kid and I'd love to stomp the guys ass!

My heart goes out to you & your son V and to you cPlair. I agree that we need to be vigilant of everyone in our communities. Because of increasing extreme violence where I soon will be moving to, the mayor went to New York to meet with the CEO & Founder
Curtis Sliwa of The Guardian Angels to gather info & come up with a plan to protect the people. That is just an example of what communities can do to protect themselves. It is time that we control our streets & homes as well as following through with the justice system.

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Sending out good thoughts to you and your son John.

I've got four daughters and the I know the best I can do for them is to teach *THEM* to be ever vigilent.  They need to keep their eyes open and make sure they make the best choices possible to avoid or get out of dangerous situations.

I think parents liek to think they are in control or at least have some control of their kids.  That might be true, but the real danger is from other people's kids.

Again . . good thoughts and prayers to you and yours.

As an aside . . those stitches would make an interesting skin. 

I can understand this sentiment because I (inwardly) thought the same thing regarding arsewipes who did wrong by my kids. Fortunately, for my missus and kids sakes, however, commonsense prevailed and unnecessary violence did not ensue....cos ultimately it would have been at their expense.

The best thing you can do for your son is be there for him, to assist his recovery (both physically & mentally) in the absence of anger....thoughts of retribution will hinder this process rather than help it.

Having said that, I hope all is well for your family and that your son recovers fully from this ordeal.

Thanks everyone, I wrote this last night when I was a tad emotional and after a couple of white russians..anyway.. I appreciate everyones concern, life goes on and its not what cards you get it's how you play them.. and i've always been good at cards.   

hope he's on the mend soon......amazing how resilient kids are......it's us who end up the basket cases.....  

John...

Curtis...

Curtis, I totally agree with you, there is no such thing as being over-protective.
These days violence seems to be over the top, kids don't just get into fights, they try to kill each other. And there's no excuse for that 36 year old loser to beat up on your kid V, I hope the authorities act on this and I hope that bum serves some decent jail time for what he did to your boy. I saw that pic you provided and it scared the heck out of me, my kids are little and I'm afraid for them now and even more afraid thinking about how it will be when they're older and if situations like these will happen to them. Hearing that this 36yr old's mom bailed him out makes me even angrier, she obviously has no idea about how to help her kid even if he's an adult. I definitely wouldn't have made bail for my kid if he did this to somebody else in a drunk rage - I would have let him sit in the can with no access to any type of substance abuse and made him think about how much he hurt that other person.

People nowadays have no idea about responsibility for action, the system doesn't make it any better, after charges are pressed and even if this jerk gets sentenced for what he did, the sentence will be less than what should be for his actions and he'll no doubt get out early with "good behavior".

V, you have a right to feel the way you do - you're a parent and you have a right to protect your children. If you can look at this way (and it's difficult to do so, I'm sure), You are lucky you weren't there when it happened, you probably would have messed that punk up something serious and you would have been charged with what happened and who knows how the law would deal with your actions regardless of the situation. That punk is lucky too, I know if it were me I would have made him sorry for what he did to my kid.

I couldn't even imagine what I would be feeling in your spot right now - I don't even want to.