That's the whole bone of contention for me....I don't think there was ever a shining threatening anything. The shooter was simply enraged and didn't have the maturity and wasn't lucid enough to walk away or call the police before the tragedy. He also has a bad background, not to mention he had quite a few drinks under his belt. If he had called police after it happened, I may feel differently, but to take his partner back to his room, have pizza & wine and go to bed, then travel back home....something is so very wrong with this picture. His g/f had to insist he call the police because they heard the young man had died and only then did he call them. Who among us would have handled it in the same manner? These are the facts and I am blown away that there was a holdout(s) on the jury.
I would have handled it in a completely different manner. I wouldn't approach a car load of teens, with an attitude, and chip on my shoulder, demanding that they lower their rap music. Only an idiot would think there would be no objection to that demand, IMO. I would have responded exactly the way they did if that jerk approached me and started to try to bully me into doing what he wanted. It was none of his business, and I agree having some alcohol in him made him even more obnoxious about the whole thing I'm sure. If he has that much anger in him, he should seek counseling.
Exactly! Common sense tells you not to walk into a group and tell them what to do if you don't want problems, if you see someone doing something wrong, tell the proprietor or call the police.....since when is loud music or radio a reason for such outrage.
I agree, he could have talked to the manager of the store, or called the local police if there was a noise violation taking place.
I don't agree with people wanting to ban MY guns because of what HE did.
I don't agree with them either, never will. Although I don't agree with them, I respect their right to their own opinions about it, and won't stoop to calling them names similar to "gun lovers" or "deranged", as they have used to described those of us who do not want to have our guns removed by a nanny government that's supposed to babysit and protect each an every one of us in an emergency situation. Yeah, call 911, hide in a closet, and see if your throat isn't slit by morning, etc.
Or in a natural disaster, where the people start looting and breaking into homes and vehicles to steal whatever they can from innocent citizens, and they use the excuse on the news that the police were too busy with other things to worry about those individual families who were victimized.
I will not be a victim in a situation like that, they will not come in, beat me up, and steal everything I've worked hard for, and any food/water I have available for my family. People forget how one snowstorm could empty supermarket shelves in 12 hours, what happens in 12 days. The criminal plan is to steal from those who have. If you're depending on a cop to sit on your doorstep, good luck with that.
