Texas has the Castle Doctrine. The homeowner (victim) got beatend up by the three armed men, yet the article said “The burglary victim struggles with his emotions after he shot a home invasion suspect ...”.
If it were me, I won’t be, because after the perps get out of jail (hopefully for a long time), next time they will not simply lock the homeowner(s) up in a closet.
That is probably injected by the press to try and show how using guns make people feel bad. I doubt he feels bad, I know I wouldn’t.
Well, having to shoot a guy, and possibly kill him, is a serious thing, even if you are legally in the right.
The way I read that is the homeowner is trying to keep his grin from being too big and to stop high-fiving everyone that stops by. (I didn't read the article. . .why bother, it is too much fun to comment anyway).
Sounds like the article was written by some liberal weak “reporter” that assumes that everyone that shoots someone, under any conditions, will be struggling with angst and such. And if the homeowner did tell the reporter he was struggling, it was to appear like he had a heart and was "forced" into shooting them. . .lest the newspaper and ACLU go after him for the shooting.
-—— burglary victim struggles with his emotions ——
He was chagrined and distraught because the shot burglar is alive and two got away
Only because it's a sin to gloat.