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I actually agree that he was reasonable to perceive McBride as a *potential* threat. That wasn't the problem, I don't think. The problem was his response to that threat. If you are really feeling threatened by people outside your home, and the only things stopping them from entering are locked doors and locked windows, what sense does it make for you to
unlock and
open that door?
This is one of the biggest question marks in the self-defense argument, and pro "stand-your-ground" advocate, NRA member, and self-defense attorney
Andrew Barca says the same.
[/FONT][/COLOR] Perhaps some will disagree with me, but I think that Wafer was right to have suspected McBride was a threat. I sure would have.
But suspecting that someone is a threat is not the same as concluding that they are a threat. And before you pull the trigger and argue self-defense, you better be sure.