Sonya610
Former Member
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- Jan 4, 2011
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As long as he does not walk cherry, I do not mind. I don't think he intended to shoot anyone that morning. But he knows better, to just shoot like that, without being attacked. Being scarred is a different feeling behind a Damn door, then having someone smash down your door, in your house.
He is not going to walk away from this, not with a Detroit jury. Even if he gets a very light sentence his life is ruined, he will be sued by the McBride family.
I think he was a very inexperienced firearms owner, his choice of a Mossberg 500 implies that (not the best firearm for home defense in tight quarters, I bought one 20 years ago and it would be my LAST go to gun in a crisis). Plus it appears he didn't "have a plan". When the adrenaline hits our brains slow down to a crawl and logic/strategy goes out the window (unless you have experience in combat situations).
The best plan in a home invasion is ALWAYS to sit tight and let the threat come to you, once it begins to enter the house shoot through doors/walls etc...to eliminate the threat. Course if there are loved ones in the house that changes the plan considerably if you can't gather them all up.
He didn't realize that he wouldn't be able to rationalize clearly in a crisis of that nature.