[rogue yam]

He chose to roll the dice and handle it himself, and this time the roll didn’t come up in his favor.

As much as Mr. White lost here the kid he shot lost more.

[Stoat]

He chose to roll the dice and handle it himself, and this time the roll didn’t come up in his favor.

As much as Mr. White lost here the kid he shot lost more.

Agreed. The kid was guilty of trespassing, disturbing the peace, being a low-class drunken idiot and probably of making threats, none of which are Capital crimes, last time I checked, and none of which placed Mr. White in an imminent threat to his life.

When Mr. White chose to go outside and escalate the situation rather than diffuse it, that's only when his life came into jeopardy.

He chose to roll the dice and handle it himself, and this time the roll didn’t come up in his favor.

As much as Mr. White lost here the kid he shot lost more.