[xrp]

"How can they call that self-defense?" said a family member who asked not to be identified. "If they thought it was a burglar, what kind of burglar knocks?"

I don't think this guy should have fired his gun at a door knocker. What say you?

At 12:30am, if you are protecting yourself or your family you don't take any chances, sorry. That split second of warning instead of acting is all a potential attacker needs to take you (him) out and run inside and rape your (his) wife and children.

[Lancey Howard]

At 12:30am, if you are protecting yourself or your family you don't take any chances, sorry. That split second of warning instead of acting is all a potential attacker needs to take you (him) out and run inside and rape your (his) wife and children.

I agree with you. I live in a more rural area, but I don't answer my door after dark without a handgun in my waistband. And at 12:30am the gun would be in my hand.