Sure, it was a Home Invasion, but you shouldn't shoot them for THAT!

Another mother of another teen shot and killed in home break-in blames homeowner - Liberty Unyielding:
(May 09, 2014)

 “Now, kids, remember: If you break into a private home and someone there is armed, you risk getting shot.”  It’s not a typical piece of parental advice, but in view of the growing spate of home invasions by teenagers who end up on morgue slabs, maybe it’s high time it became one.
 The Merced (Calif.) Sun-Star identifies the most recent casualties as Steven Crider, 16, and, Michael Sambrano, 14, both of Sacramento. The two were shot and killed as they were exiting an upscale home shortly after they broke in around midnight last Sunday.

All this only proves two things:

1. Beretta: "If you can't do the time, don't do the crime"
2. Firecreek: "Any man worth shootin' is worth killin'"

Yes, they were kids.  Young and stupid.
Yes, they should have known better.
Yes, they probably didn't deserve to die.  But when you break into a home when you know there are people inside, the residents are justified in assuming the worst of intentions.  Just because you seem to be leaving the house, that doesn't mean you're not going to come back with a gun, or that there aren't more people with you.

For all the homeowner knew, you might be from Chicago.

UPDATE: May 24, 2014:

The American Thinker has an article discussing the ensuing 'justification' of the friends and family of the thugs.