A 12-year-old girl and her 15-year-old brother would have seemed like attractive victims for the kinds of thugs that roam America's streets.
Their neighbors' houses had already been extensively burgled.
When a home intruder showed his ugly face, that 15-year-old knew when -- and importantly, how -- to do the right thing. He took an assault rifle and let loose.
Blood flowing from their bodies, the intruders fled.