Dude pulls into wrong driveway by mistake, home owner shoots and kills him

Well, all I've got is that I live in the south and no one seems paranoid at all. Seems equally valid.jim_shorts

Going back to get a gun in order to kill the people on your property seems a odd response to fear.

Since I don't want to make a new thread for this question but why do gun owners defend their property if it actually was a home invasion? By property I mean stuff like TV, video game systems, jewelery, etc. Stuff that you (should) have insurance on and are easily replaced. Is it worth risking you and your loved one's lives in danger?

Aljosa23

Going back to get a gun in order to kill the people on your property seems a odd response to fear.

rastotm

Why does this always happen with old people in the south? Are they that parinoid?

Wasdie

I blame the media.. We have these ignorant people watching all these terrible stories, because violence sells, making them believe that this sh!t happens every where constantly..

[QUOTE="Moriarity_"]I can understand the warning shot but if the guy was backing out of the driveway why shoot again?whipassmt

... You can't even justify a warning shot, how the fvck are we suppose to trust this guy with some one knocking on his door? Or a few people selling a product or other such thing?.. You can't.. This guy should never have had a weapon to begin with if this is his very FIRST response with a car pulling into the drive way.

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[QUOTE="Moriarity_"]I can understand the warning shot but if the guy was backing out of the driveway why shoot again?sSubZerOo

... You can't even justify a warning shot, how the fvck are we suppose to trust this guy with some one knocking on his door? Or a few people selling a product or other such thing?.. You can't.. This guy should never have had a weapon to begin with if this is his very FIRST response with a car pulling into the drive way.

[QUOTE="rastotm"]

Going back to get a gun in order to kill the people on your property seems a odd response to fear.

Ace6301

"the 69-year-old Vietnam vet"

this doesn't surprise me at all.

"the police report indicates that the vehicle was leaving Sailors property when Diaz was shot. Lilburn police said they found his red Mitsubishi at the end of the driveway."

A warning shot should of been enough, why did he keep shooting after the car was leaving?

[QUOTE="Ace6301"][QUOTE="rastotm"]

Going back to get a gun in order to kill the people on your property seems a odd response to fear.

rastotm

"the 69-year-old Vietnam vet"

this doesn't surprise me at all.

"the police report indicates that the vehicle was leaving Sailors property when Diaz was shot. Lilburn police said they found his red Mitsubishi at the end of the driveway."

A warning shot should of been enough, why did he keep shooting after the car was leaving?

SirWander

[QUOTE="SirWander"]

"the 69-year-old Vietnam vet"

this doesn't surprise me at all.

"the police report indicates that the vehicle was leaving Sailors property when Diaz was shot. Lilburn police said they found his red Mitsubishi at the end of the driveway."

A warning shot should of been enough, why did he keep shooting after the car was leaving?

Person0

A warning shot is way too much not "enough" when you shoot into the air the bullet does not just disappear. Thinking that shooting wildly into the air because there is a car stopped in your driveway is insane.

Person0

Yeah, no sh!t Sherlock; but why does that make him (Sailors) think that seeing a car parked in his driveway was cause enough for him to shoot in the air? But it's relative, he could have not shot the driver, and shooting in the air could still be construed as a ludicrous act. But shooting directly at a car that is leaving when a warning shot should of sufficed, I don't understand how he thought that was a good idea (IE stand up as a justifiable excuse in the court of law).

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[QUOTE="Ace6301"] Implying emotions always lead people to rational actions.Ace6301

[QUOTE="Ace6301"][QUOTE="rastotm"] He claimed to feel fear because he assumed a conflict. The normal response to fear tends to be flee whenever it's possible, if not then fight. In the discussed situation, the man went back to his home, by which he avoided the conflict. After which he picked his gun and engaged the people in the car. This re-engaging is not a rational response to fear, it is a act of aggression in order to protect his valueables.

rastotm

[QUOTE="Nayef_shroof"]

Well, if people in the states are that ardent about keeping their guns, I would suggest that politicians enforce policies that would make it much more difficult to obtain a gun license. It's just ludicrous how many incidents like this occur.

Person0

Jesus... I better think twice before I use someone else's driveway to turn on a street.

I can understand the warning shot but if the guy was backing out of the driveway why shoot again?Moriarity_

That warning shot was incredibly reckless as well. Shots fired into the air come back down and they can hit innocent people. The man really had no business owning a gun.

[QUOTE="thegerg"][QUOTE="Nayef_shroof"] ? How does it work in the United States then?Nayef_shroof

[QUOTE="double_decker"][QUOTE="Crazyguy105"]

Another life needlessly lost.

Why are trigger happy people allowed to use weapons again?

wis3boi

I highly doubt a man pulling into the wrong driveway would have died if this idiot didnt have a gun on him. What would he do, throw a knife through the windshield?

The argument against guns is getting stronger and stronger...

What a completely rational decision!

RIP Rodrigo. But still, moar gunz.

Is the background check easier to pass than a grade 1 math quiz?

Is the background check easier to pass than a grade 1 math quiz?

one_plum

[QUOTE="Moriarity_"]I can understand the warning shot but if the guy was backing out of the driveway why shoot again?worlock77

That warning shot was incredibly reckless as well. Shots fired into the air come back down and they can hit innocent people. The man really had no business owning a gun.

Really don't understand why he shot this guy. If events were as reported here, he should be charged with murder. You have to at least wait until someone stops, gets out of their car, and in some way threatens you with a weapon or tries to break in. Shooting the guy as he drove away? Boy.. he really showed him.

Good on the police. Castle law shouldn't be abused and they did right, so it seems, by charging this man.

Damn, itchy triger finger much. People really should be trained how to use a gun before being allowed to purchase one

Another gun death that could have been so easily avoided if both parties had more guns :(

American gun culture is messed up. It gives stupid people the idea that you need guns to defend yourself, which in turn creates the idea that you're constantly in danger and the only way to fight that danger is with a gun.

Damn, itchy triger finger much. People really should be trained how to use a gun before being allowed to purchase one

The_Gaming_Baby

Uh-Merry-Khan's

The most striking thing from this piece is that of the initial reaction. Unless you are in an incredibly rough and dangerous area, there would be no though of "quick I need to get a weapon and threaten the people outside". Madness, and again, another life lost by the use of a weapon that is meant to be used as "protection".

God bless the United States and all those clever people in it.

[QUOTE="The_Gaming_Baby"]

Damn, itchy triger finger much. People really should be trained how to use a gun before being allowed to purchase one

lamprey263

the military teach people how to kill, it could have assisted.