[muawiyah]

Why did the homeowner open his door and go outside to confront the kid if not to kill him?

In 49 states the law is substantially different than this. Apparantly it just never occurred to anyone in Louisiana that it is not required of you to "confront" troublesome people.

There's no sense in trying to argue on behalf of Louisiana and it's people in this particular case. There's a lot of sense in avoiding the place. They are dangerous and incivil folk.

[On the Road to Serfdom]

If the Japanese student froze and obeyed the homeowner and got shot anyway you would have a point. That is now what happened and you are ignoring the facts of the situation.