Popular Teacher Fatally Shot After Entering Wrong House

[ELVIS]

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[MAX]

"Defend" doesnt mean shoot to kill.

It does if someone enters my house and endangers my family. Whether it's intended or not, it's my property, my family and I'll do whatever it takes to defend it, no matter the cost.

[Blackflag]

Everybody pulls out their violins when somebody gets shot accidentally, but there's not enough information to say whether it was proper or not. And without enough information, I think you have to hedge on the side of the guy who had somebody standing in his house in the middle of the night.

[PETE'S BROTHER]

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Questions I'd like answered before drawing a conclusion here are:
Did the shooter feel any remorse after knowing it was just a mistake?
Have these homeowners ever been victimized in their home in the past?

it does say in the article that that homeowners were "devastated".

[Cathedral]

Well put, cat.

Very well put.

Cheers! :bottle:

Thanks!!!

Years ago, our guitarist's grandparents were assaulted by intruders in their own home. she was raped (she was 74 at the time), and her husband was forced to watch. They were then tied up in the basement, robbed, and left there to free themselves.

They were just sitting in their tv room watching television when these two guys came in on them and all of this ensued.

I will tell you that anyone "mistakenly" entering their house in the dark after that event would have been shot immediately without a word being said.

Ya just never know how people are going to react, this guy died because he made a mistake. Blaming anyone but him is a stretch for me from what I know of the story.

[Sensible Shoes]

Shoes knows enough about this community to be extremelly dangerous when it comes to the conjecture department. I will only tell you that the Amherst PD REALLY has a problem with anybody screwing their image of the safest city in America. Thus incidents like this are usually hushed up as best they can be. If there is someway to make this look completely accidental, they will find it. It's an affluent and strange place.

[Blackflag]

Years ago, ...

That's fucked up. Shit like that is why if somebody unfortunately ends up in my house at night, they're going to have a bad day.

[binnie]

This has just sprung into my mind - how the fuck did the teacher get it?

If all windows and doors were locked, how do you just wander into someone's house? Secondly, if you really, really fear intruders, then you're going to keep doors locked on your property at all times, right? That way, you wouldn't need to shoot intruders because there wouldn't be any intruders.

[Blackflag]

This has just sprung into my mind - how the fuck did the teacher get it?

If all windows and doors were locked, how do you just wander into someone's house? Secondly, if you really, really fear intruders, then you're going to keep doors locked on your property at all times, right? That way, you wouldn't need to shoot intruders because there wouldn't be any intruders.

[binnie]

Not sure what you're getting at BF.

When you go to bed at night, do you not check that all of the windows and doors are locked?

[PETE'S BROTHER]

This has just sprung into my mind - how the fuck did the teacher get it?

If all windows and doors were locked, how do you just wander into someone's house? Secondly, if you really, really fear intruders, then you're going to keep doors locked on your property at all times, right? That way, you wouldn't need to shoot intruders because there wouldn't be any intruders.

you drinkin', binnie?

[PETE'S BROTHER]

reread the article maybe. the door was unlocked. intruders probably don't have an issue with breaking a window to get in, even if it is locked. just sayin'.

[binnie]

A little :D

[binnie]

Maybe I've misread the article, but you can't 'wander' into a locked house..........

[PETE'S BROTHER]

A little :D

good