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Dealin' W/ Demons
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Actually, the biggest mistake was that he opened the door. Regardless of her actions up to that point, if the door doesn't open, this goes down with different.She was there and she was drunk with a .218 alcohol level. She may not have even know why she was there herself.
You know who made the first mistake? She did! She got in her car and drove drunk and then crashed into a parked car. Instead of waiting for help, she fled the scene so she wouldn't be arrested. I actually feel more sympathy for the homeowner than I do this broad. He was home at his house minding his business and asleep, then her drunk-driving-crime-scene fleeing ass comes to his doorstep with her ******** and now he's caught in a snare that is all caused by HER!
If she was in a blind panic then it was because she was afraid of being arrested. Then this drunk girl shows up on this man's property, and in that state I wouldn't doubt she was acting a fool and refusing to leave. He had a right to be afraid of someone in that state (I don't care if it is a damn girl), and if it were me I would have kept my gun on that broad too because she was clearly a fool and likely was acting that way too. He had no idea what she was capable of. However, I would not have had my finger on the trigger, which was probably what he did.
The most irresponsible thing I believe he has done as a gun owner is put his finger on the trigger when he wasn't ready to shot and shot someone accidentally.
Again, the only irresponsible action that likely occurred is he had his finger on the trigger and pulled inadvertently. I hope the law takes it was accidental into consideration.
That's what you would have done and that's fine. But I am a homeowner myself. If I ask you to leave my property then you better go. I shouldn't need the police if you refuse to leave. I should have the right to remove you myself if need be, especially if you are refusing to leave and were not invited in the first place. Now we don't know if that was the case, but it could be. He may have opened the door to tell her ass to go away and she didn't. Who knows? The only real fact is he was on HIS property and she shouldn't have been. If she had stayed with her car and faced the damn music she would be alive today.
Plueeze...I don't think like you and likely you will never think like me. That is all good. However, I would not give up a tactical advantage of keeping a target that is potentially a threat in my sight to then wait and let him catch me unawares by breaking in while I wait for the cops. You would do that, and that's your choice. I hope you survive if something like happens, but I am not you and I WILL not do that.
That's the part that truly baffles me. If he was so scared or felt so threatened, why did he open the door? Her behavior, while not exactly inexcusable, is understandable. It makes sense given her BAL.