Laptop Shooting Tommy Jordan and Hannah Marie on TODAY Show

Tommy Jordan, the guy who shot his daughter's laptop, is in the news again.  He and his daughter, Hannah Marie, were on "TODAY" yesterday to discuss the video.  Jordan says he still stands by his actions.

Hannah Marie, said, "I think he overacted a little bit, but I understand."



Jordan says he would do it again and Hannah won't be getting a laptop any time in the near future. However, he claims he removed the hard drive with data and pictures before shooting the laptop.

Why would they come on the show?  Jordan says Hannah is still grounded so why is she in New York?  I'm sure Hannah doesn't want to be reminded of the incident, especially before millions of people, but here they are on television. More than likely, TODAY compensated them for being on the show...maybe it was the offer of money.  I'm sure it was Jordan's decision to come on the show.

Although, I only saw this clip from the show, it doesn't seem they are a happy family. Did you notice the body language?  Hannah appears to be very uncomfortable and she is sitting away from her father. When Hannah was speaking, Jordan didn't look in her direction.  It doesn't appear he has forgiven her if he can't look at her.

I feel sorry for Hannah Marie and I'm more inclined to believe what she wrote is mostly true. I still say Jordan needs anger management.

Did you see the show in its entirety?  What is your opinion about the relationship between father and daughter?

Peace

NC Man Shoots Daughter's Computer

Parents who have teenagers know they can drive you to the point of absolutely losing it sometimes.  I imagine that's what happened to Tommy Jordan when he found his daughter's Facebook post by accident.

Jordan of Albemarle, NC was updating software on Hannah's computer. Jordan says he worked six hours on Hannah's laptop that day and spent $130 on new software and that's when he found the post made by Hannah. Hannah thought she had hidden this post from her parents, but her father works in IT and found the nasty post she made, titled "To My Parents".

Jordan, obviously upset, decided to make a video of her "punishment".  In the video, he reads the post Hannah wrote. He rants for a few minutes and then the camera moves to Hannah's laptop on the ground.  Jordan takes out his .45 and shoots nine bullets into her laptop.

Warning:  This video contains some foul language.



In her letter, Hannah cursed several times which her father says is disrespectful, but you can see where she gets it.

I can imagine Hannah's "rebellious post" hurt and embarrassed her parents and apparently Jordan decided to hurt and embarrass his daughter. Jordan posted this video on Hannah's Facebook page and on YouTube.  As of today, this video has 21,400,462 views on YouTube.
In the video, Jordan says:

"Hannah, you were grounded for about three months for doing something very similar to this and I would have thought with a father that worked in IT for a living that you'd have better sense than to do it again."

Yes, Hannah should have had better sense, but she is a teenager.  All teenagers say bad things about their parents at some point...it goes with the territory.  It definitely wasn't a smart thing to shoot the laptop. Now Jordan is out his time, $130 and a laptop (he paid for it).

Teenagers can be difficult to deal with especially when they become rebellious and I totally understand how Tommy Jordan feels.  Do you think Jordan dealt with his daughter's rebellion appropriately?  Should he have embarrassed her among her friends?  What did he teach her with this video?

I would like to know what you think...become a member of my blog and leave your comments below.

Peace