Quote Originally Posted by emu steve View Post
What is truly sad about this incident, is if he was truly afraid all he had to do is show the gun and say, "Get the hell off of my property. What are doing here?"

Shooting a gun without any evidence of having seen the victim with a gun is completely unjustifiable. Complete over reaction.
Yes. Complete over-reaction. But on your own property, inside your own home, I'm quite all right with the over-reaction. I believe inside your home, you are to be granted extreme discretion to be left alone to peaceably enjoy life.

But she was on the outside. And he could have sat in a chair with his rifle. And when she crossed into the house --- there would have been much less doubt about whether he acted reasonably.

Don't they always say if you have to shoot someone as they crawl in your window, make sure the body falls inward?