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[Chaka-Z0]

It doesn't have merit as the guy's life was never under threat. It defies common sense to think a loved one surprising you as a threat to your life. I'll stop getting bacon when you stop being a hypocrite. Don't think that will stop anytime soon

That's lawyer rehearsal

[GateGipsy]

How come no one is questioning the victim for banging on the door and then hiding in the bushes at 11:30 at night? Doesn't seem to be the smartest thing to do.

Because he is from a country where no one goes to their front door holding a loaded gun ready to shoot so it's OK and in fact quite normal to surprise someone on their birthday. Norway has hugely responsible gun ownership laws and gun owners.

[Annoyed]

It doesn't have merit as the guy's life was never under threat. It defies common sense to think a loved one surprising you as a threat to your life. I'll stop getting bacon when you stop being a hypocrite. Don't think that will stop anytime soon

Obviously, he didn't know it was a loved one.

Now, put that bacon back.

[Annoyed]

Because he is from a country where no one goes to their front door holding a loaded gun ready to shoot so it's OK and in fact quite normal to surprise someone on their birthday. Norway has hugely responsible gun ownership laws and gun owners.

When in Rome...

Norway has a far, far lower crime rate than the U.S.

https://www.nationmaster.com/country...d-States/Crime

Here, where legal, and often even when not, it would be quite prudent to be prepared to defend one's self if someone's banging on the door at 11:30 at night.

[SoulReaver]

he's not exactly a tourist newbie he's married to a merican so he must've had at least some idea of how the people in his country-in-law are...different

[GateGipsy]

he's not exactly a tourist newbie he's married to a merican so he must've had at least some idea of how the people in his country-in-law are...different

Yes very different. You know that this is not a good thing right?

[jelgate]

When in Rome...

Norway has a far, far lower crime rate than the U.S.

https://www.nationmaster.com/country...d-States/Crime

Here, where legal, and often even when not, it would be quite prudent to be prepared to defend one's self if someone's banging on the door at 11:30 at night.

You keep on ignoring that he was never in danger. Can't call self-defense without danger

[SoulReaver]

Yes very different. You know that this is not a good thing right?

precisely
gotta be careful in that country it's one of the many reasons I'd never visit or live there



this can't be the first time something like this has happened? even the SS also regularly gun down unarmed citizens while claiming they somehow felt in danger & they tend to get away with it without much complaint from merican citizens (or their media)

[Annoyed]

You keep on ignoring that he was never in danger. Can't call self-defense without danger

And you keep on ignoring the legal key for self defense: Was the guy in reasonable fear for his life? 11:30 at night, a bang on the door and then someone jumps out of the bushes near the door.

I could easily see the guy being in fear. And apparently, so could the cops who investigated.

Each time you ignore that, you lose a week's bacon. You might see bacon by December, at this rate.

[aretood2]

And you keep on ignoring the legal key for self defense: Was the guy in reasonable fear for his life? 11:30 at night, a bang on the door and then someone jumps out of the bushes near the door.

I could easily see the guy being in fear. And apparently, so could the cops who investigated.

Each time you ignore that, you lose a week's bacon. You might see bacon by December, at this rate.

In any case, my sympathy for him is very very little. In fact, I don't think I have any sympathy for him. If he thought there was a threat at his door, why didn't he call the police? Why didn't he warn the person that he was armed? Why didn't he ask "Who is it"? before opening the door? The reason is that he is a special kind of idiot who now has to look at his kid in the eye knowing that he'll always be the one who took her husband away from him. And if she has kids, they'll know him as the one who took their dad away from them. Why? Because he thought that a gun means to confront a threat head on without any forethought...in other words, because he is trigger happy and willfully ignorant of good gunmanship.

To be honest, those things that I mentioned, before he opened his door he didn't bother to ask who it was or tell them that he was armed or anything. He just swung that door wide open looking for a fight. To me, that is beyond self defense, that's reckless endangerment and he should be charged with criminal negligence. If you have a gun, you have a responsibility to know and practice proper gunmanship.

[Chaka-Z0]

You know what, I always felt like a small portion of Americans 2nd amendment fanatics are only waiting for an opportunity to unload their guns, because they're allowed to kill legally. Let's be real, how many people on this planet do you think are eager to do just that. That dude saw an occasion, he took it.

It was just a prank bro!

[jelgate]

Haven't you heard of the anti-government militia

[Chaka-Z0]

Haven't you heard of the anti-government militia

Haven't you heard about this

As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!). They must, with Europe and others, watch over...

[jelgate]

My favorite is calling the impeachment investigation a coup

[SoulReaver]

Haven't you heard of the anti-government militia

come to think of it now's a good time for mericans to form one