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an older teenager with a machete is just as dangerous as an adult with a machete.
This isn't kids being kids. This is young people with anti-social tendencies. 99% of kids don't commit crimes like this.
In a confrontation they don't get special treatment just because they are young. They get treated just like anyone else with a deadly weapon. Sorry, I would shoot if I had a gun.
And this is not burglary, it's aggravated burglary and they get long prison sentences for that shit.
The people who broke into the house a bit away were not found. But it is absolutely horrifying to think what they could've done to the occupiers of the house.