SteveT doesn't say what caliber of weapon she was armed with... but for anyone who feels they would have shot him with a hand inside the window... while it would probably have been considered justifiable.... there are a number of things to consider...
1. If you've never been inside a closed room where a large caliber weapon is fired.. you don't know what you are missing... try firing off a large M-80 firecracker in your bedroom or living room sometimes or even out the window of a car with the windows rolled down.. that will give you a [small] idea. His child & wife very well might have suffered permanent hearing damage. Certainly worth the risk if in eminent danger of serious injury or death.. but if you can run the guy off and avoid it, that is the far better out-come.
2. It is one thing to say you will kill someone... it is a totally different thing to actually do it. Many highly trained LEO's who are involved in shootings.. even where the perp is only seriously wounded oft time get counseling to deal with the psychological trauma.
3. Retribution from the perps friends & relatives.... we've seen a perfect example of that in the current Zimmerman / Martin case out of Florida.
4. Having your home turned into a possible homicide / crime scene for a extended time period. Even if it is a justifiable shooting, you could could be put out of your home for a extended period of time while the investigation is being conducted and the scene preserved
5, Crime scene clean-up. Besides cleaning up any blood & bodily fluids resulting from a gunshot. You might have to replace carpet, furniture, sheet rock & paint. And a number of people [especially women] can't bear the thought of ever continuing to live in a place where someone was killed.. especially if they did the killing. Which means the cost of relocation.
I'd pull the trigger in a instant if they got the door or window open and were crossing the door or window Sill. But if it is only a matter of letting them run and replacing some glass.... or dealing with all the ramifications of a serious injury or death of a bad guy... I think in Steve's case just having to replace the glass was definitely the better way to go.
1. If you've never been inside a closed room where a large caliber weapon is fired.. you don't know what you are missing... try firing off a large M-80 firecracker in your bedroom or living room sometimes or even out the window of a car with the windows rolled down.. that will give you a [small] idea. His child & wife very well might have suffered permanent hearing damage. Certainly worth the risk if in eminent danger of serious injury or death.. but if you can run the guy off and avoid it, that is the far better out-come.
2. It is one thing to say you will kill someone... it is a totally different thing to actually do it. Many highly trained LEO's who are involved in shootings.. even where the perp is only seriously wounded oft time get counseling to deal with the psychological trauma.
3. Retribution from the perps friends & relatives.... we've seen a perfect example of that in the current Zimmerman / Martin case out of Florida.
4. Having your home turned into a possible homicide / crime scene for a extended time period. Even if it is a justifiable shooting, you could could be put out of your home for a extended period of time while the investigation is being conducted and the scene preserved
5, Crime scene clean-up. Besides cleaning up any blood & bodily fluids resulting from a gunshot. You might have to replace carpet, furniture, sheet rock & paint. And a number of people [especially women] can't bear the thought of ever continuing to live in a place where someone was killed.. especially if they did the killing. Which means the cost of relocation.
I'd pull the trigger in a instant if they got the door or window open and were crossing the door or window Sill. But if it is only a matter of letting them run and replacing some glass.... or dealing with all the ramifications of a serious injury or death of a bad guy... I think in Steve's case just having to replace the glass was definitely the better way to go.
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