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In reply to the discussion: California 80-year-old satisfied after gunning down fleeing pregnant home intruder [View all]mythology
(9,527 posts)In my opinion, none of these people displayed good judgement. But only one of them had just been assaulted.
I personally find it hard to muster too much sympathy for any of these people. Two of them knowingly committed crimes and the other killed somebody who in theory wasn't a threat to him. All of these people made mistakes that led to this, which to me means that none of the are innocent.
I also find it implausible that she was claiming that she should be shielded because she was pregnant. If she was that concerned about the health of her fetus, perhaps she should have taken a less risky job that robber. She put her baby at risk, it just happened that the odds didn't come up in her favor.
The old man doesn't escape responsibility because at the point in which he fired, he wasn't in seemingly imminent danger and in my experience people who brag about violence are either far too prone to it, or have no idea of the consequences. Given that he just killed somebody, I'm guessing he's no stranger to committing violent acts himself.
And the fellow robber, well he took his pregnant partner to commit a crime and then left her to die. Not exactly Prince Charming.