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To: RubyR

Whelp that is a long driveway. But if he was that adverse to people coming onto his property he should have at least installed a gate. There’s no stand your ground laws in New York State and in NYC you could likely be arrested for even defending yourself. Shooting someone in NY can only be considered justified if your life is in immediate danger. This guy would have to be mentally impaired and/or intoxicated to do what he did. Nice house he has there too bad he won’t get to live in it anymore.


88 posted on 04/18/2023 1:48:44 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: jimwatx
I know this doesn't excuse the shooter's actions at all, but here is a little more info (Albany Times Union story) about that night. The circumstances perhaps make him look very slightly less crazy. This says that were two cars and a motorcycle in the group outside his house.

"Gillis and six friends — three of them in the vehicle in which she was a front-seat passenger, two more in a second vehicle and another on a motorcycle — mistakenly drove up Monahan’s unpaved driveway just before 10 p.m. that night as they searched for a friend’s house. That area of Washington County is roughly 19 miles northeast of the residence where Gillis lived with her family in neighboring Saratoga County. The area is notorious for its poor cell service. The group, after realizing they were at the wrong house and without getting out of their vehicles, started turning around to leave as they struggled to connect with GPS on their phones to find the correct address, according to Murphy."

100 posted on 04/20/2023 4:25:03 AM PDT by RubyR
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