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"I won't argue that this was a colossally dumb decision, but I would argue that breaking into a house doesn't warrant being shot."
"Here's how I look at it: Guns belong to the military, police and maybe licensed hunters. If that were the case, a man would not have died and another one's life would not have been permanently damaged."
"If the mistake would have been realized when he didn't see his girlfriend, this was clearly a preventable death that was promoted by gun ownership. Not a great time to hide behind stand your ground."
""intent on hurting her " How would you know? Are you a mind reader ? If this wasn't a country obsessed with guns and shooting without thinking, the residents would have turned on their lights and demanded what he was doing. No burglar kicks in a door, the noise would wake everyone up, and that is why it should have been possible to difuse the situation."
"This is why the 2nd amendment needs to be abolished and immediately pass a gun confiscation law soon after."
"It sounds like a stupid mistake that ended in an unnecessary death solely because of the existence of a gun."
fpalm
Let's say he got the right apartment, his girlfriend's, instead. You usually don't bust down a front door and then a bedroom door at 3 a.m. with good intentions in mind.
Sucks the guy is dead at such a young age with so much promise before him, but that's on him, not the shooter.
Some dumb comments about this.
"I won't argue that this was a colossally dumb decision, but I would argue that breaking into a house doesn't warrant being shot."
"Here's how I look at it: Guns belong to the military, police and maybe licensed hunters. If that were the case, a man would not have died and another one's life would not have been permanently damaged."
"If the mistake would have been realized when he didn't see his girlfriend, this was clearly a preventable death that was promoted by gun ownership. Not a great time to hide behind stand your ground."
""intent on hurting her " How would you know? Are you a mind reader ? If this wasn't a country obsessed with guns and shooting without thinking, the residents would have turned on their lights and demanded what he was doing. No burglar kicks in a door, the noise would wake everyone up, and that is why it should have been possible to difuse the situation."
"This is why the 2nd amendment needs to be abolished and immediately pass a gun confiscation law soon after."
"It sounds like a stupid mistake that ended in an unnecessary death solely because of the existence of a gun."
fpalm
Let's say he got the right apartment, his girlfriend's, instead. You usually don't bust down a front door and then a bedroom door at 3 a.m. with good intentions in mind.
Sucks the guy is dead at such a young age with so much promise before him, but that's on him, not the shooter.