General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Three burglars entered an Oklahoma home. The owners son opened fire with an AR-15, deputies say. [View all]Bucky
(53,936 posts)I'm not sure where you're forming your "probabilities" from. What in this story, outside your own predisposition to draw this conclusion, makes you think he's "probably a sociopath"? I've never been in the heat of the moment facing armed intruders. Have you? For all you know, the kid might feel like shit right now. I know I would. In general this is a good example of why people shouldn't have AR-15s lying around the house.
Aiming for the legs is great for people with experience & training in dealing with confrontations like this. Like I said elsewhere in thsi thread, the smart thing to do is wait for more facts to come in. Meaning that projecting our personal agendas (as, no doubt, my gun nut friends are about to start doing in spades) onto other peoples' tragedies is the opposite of smart.