I woulda grabbed my Louiville slugger and went over there. My main concern would have been to make sure my neighbors were safe, and called the police. If i was confronted by the teen I woulda warned him and tried to reason with him. If he rushed me I would have hit him. Nobody dies, everybodies safe, and hopefully the lil dude would have learned from his mistakes.
Did you read the story breh? He didn't know it was his son, much less a teen. The person, after SEEING the man AND the gun approached him. You just brought a bat to a gun fight, my man. Sounds like a good idea in theory, but someone with the thought process to break IN someones home at night when they are most likely THERE needs to be taken seriously. Ever seen "Law Abiding Citizen"? You got a bat and they got a gun and that could be you.