Iron bottom
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I saw on TV that the wife handed him a gun with no magazine. He left and came back to do the shooting.
I've posted a few time here already, but I still can't make myself understand how a 30 year old man would make the decision to follow a couple of guys home, walk up to their vehicle and hit them.
I understand anger. There was a time in my life when I might would have fought when it wasn't necessary, but I was a freakin teenager. Now, I'm 32 and it would take an awful lot to get me to swing at someone. I wouldn't do it just because I was angry or because someone insulted me or was rude to me.
I just don't understand adults who have the mindset that initiating violence is a viable option.
I dunno, I think that is grasping for straws. Her husband could have been seen as retreating as he did retreat back in the direction of his vehicle while being beat. He was being attacked by persons other than the one he initiated the contact with. She legally then in that case use deadly force if she is in fear of her husbands life. The only crime I really see is if there was a shot fired after the kids retreated. A good defense lawyer would claim the defendant was only doing what the Vice President told Americans to do......shoot a few shots off into the air to scare away the threat.
X-JaVeN-X said:If they really did try to run him off the road, he should have called the police.
Defense Attorney David Wohl pointed out that from Turner’s perspective, the teens tried to run him off the road. “If he reasonably perceives that the kids are assaulting him, his wife, and his small child with a deadly weapon, then he can use deadly force in response.”
The guy should have counted to 100 and gone home.
What ever happened to just muttering "danged idiots" and just driving on.
I've long had a theory that's only been affirmed the older I've gotten that explains these types. I firmly believe that a certain percentage of the population is no more self aware than a cat or dog that go throughout their entire lives merely reacting to outside stimuli through pure emotion with absolutely no higher thought process or reasoning taking place.