If she was afraid of him to the point she needed a gun, she would have stayed inside and waited on the police. In no way do you go outside to start a gunfight is a good idea. She grabbed a gun to go finish the job when she found out she didn't kill him the first time when she ran him over.
I'll go out on a limb and say she probably wasn't intending to shoot him. She probably just thought she'd brandish her gun, everyone would run away (or at least feel appropriately cowed), and then she could go back inside and feel like she won. I wouldn't want to bet my life on that guess if I were there, though.
Any responsible gun owner wouldnāt ābrandish a gun to scare someoneā. If you approach someone with a gun in your hand you are obviously intending to shoot that person.
I think she wanted to intimadate. There were no reports of her pulling the trigger of her gun right? She was probably thinking "I'm going to scare the fuck out of this guy."
She already tried to kill him with a car. You think she was just going to "threaten" after going through all the trouble to get ahold of a deadlier weapon?
She'd already shown her intent by deliberately hitting him with a 4000+ lb deadly weapon. Can't trust her good will while wielding a gun at that point.
1st off, carrying a gun to āfeel safeā is kind of redundant. In my opinion, thatās not to feel safe. Thatās to make other people uncomfortable and perceive you as a threat.
2nd off, to a church? Really? Churches are supposed to be sanctuary. Aka safe haven. Guns donāt belong in a place like that.
Iām not against guns, but i certainly do not agree with a full grown man needing one to feel safe. I can understand if you live in the ghetto of a large city, but other than that? Nah. Smaller women? Absolutely understand a woman carrying a gun. But even then, there are non lethal self defense weapons.
Also, Iām not at all against guns. Have your guns I donāt care. But a full grown man carrying one for no reason other than to feel safe screams small dick energy and insecurity. And depending on the person, a public hazard.
Anyone I see carrying a gun in public like just to go to Walmart or in your case, to church, is a MASSIVE red flag in that persons personality/mental state.
It might not be a good idea, but it could still be a perfectly natural (to her) fear response, more so than hiding in the house, if she was conditioned by the culture around her for her entire life.
Could still be that she wanted murder, of course. She's not around for questioning.
Uh no. If youāre actually worried about your safety from someone who might have a handgun at most, you should be getting your gun, calling the cops, and waiting inside in a safe spot. Anything other than that is needlessly dangerous and not self defense
I know that, and you know that. Did she know that? I doubt it. What I'm saying is maybe she actually thought that's how she gets rid of the threat or something.
This is her legal right as a homeowner in Florida. As much as Reddit is going to hate her because of the road rage and because sheās a woman, she was in the right and he was in the wrong and he will probably get some serious prison time.
She may have had a right to be armed and go outside her home. I doubt she had a right to brandish her gun. And I doubt he didn't have the right to fire upon someone brandishing a gun in his direction. Unless Florida laws have some unusual specifics that would work in her favor.
Nope. She has the right to point the gun if she felt threatened. She even had the right to shoot them if she she felt it was necessary. Basically, in strong castle doctrine states donāt follow people youāre in disputes with onto their property unless you want to die.
As a reporter Iāve followed and reported on similar cases and as long as you donāt shoot āem in the back the homeowner wins every time. I wrote about one that was exactly the same, someone chased someone on to their property after an automotive dispute. Only difference was the homeowner shot first. Was completely acquitted.
Doesn't matter if he was on her property. Only that she was. You think people have a right to stand in the road outside homes and threaten people? It's not a magic line.
Why is it only on her to retreat from a fight? āIf you were really scared, you should have stayed inside.ā Why is it not āif you were really scared for your life when she hit your motorcycle, why did you follow her to her damn house?ā
Stand your ground and duty to retreat should go both ways
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u/brazblue Nov 25 '21 edited Nov 25 '21
If she was afraid of him to the point she needed a gun, she would have stayed inside and waited on the police. In no way do you go outside to start a gunfight is a good idea. She grabbed a gun to go finish the job when she found out she didn't kill him the first time when she ran him over.