GistoftheFist said:
The annoying thing is how follow up stories say the mom won't have charges pressed against her, like they're doing her a favor.
Well, she murdered someone. How is it not unusual to press charges for murder?
That murder is legal in the US whenever someone walks onto your lawn is a different story, but at least that is still being regarded as 'crime untill otherwise'.
Anyway, there's a world of difference hidden in that story that Yahoo doesn't tell us. 'as they enter the home' could've been anything from opening a door while intending to try and steal a few dollars worth of stuff, to being an actual threat.
Obviously, since I have morals, I don't approve of murdering someone who wants to steal $ 10. We had the medieval ages where they did stuff like that, it didn't work. And since it's unclear if the burglars were any dangers, I can't call this justified.
But judging as the first thing the murderer did was run for firearms, and the first question to the dispatcher was if it was okay to murder that guy, I'm betting she's a gun nut who opened fire the moment they stepped inside.
That's murder, no matter how much a pro-violence gun nut wants to twist the story. Someone's not a threat by opening a door.