[Former Military Chick]

The attempted murder may be excessive but I like many other's had to deal with the court system, sometimes they over charge, do not agree with it but they hate to boost up the charge, it is easier to downgrade the charge. But, his actions were reckless. He chose not to call the cops, and chose to fire where he thought/assumed it would be safe.

If one is going to use their weapon, than one has to accept the consequences. It appears that he chose to shoot a gun, that should not have been shot, one of the counts against him.

Frankly just got done arguing with beloved on this, No Longer Free State. I am in the minority in my house as well.

Have to tell you, if I chose to shoot my firearm in college, goodness gracious you would not be reading my online thoughts.

He is damn lucky the injured weren't severe.

If he had been followed for PTSD, it seems he might have put his weapon in an area that was not easy to get to, PTSD can make a person depressed or worse.

But, hey, the slippery slope, if you are angered, make a stupid choice, shoot than blame your service in Iraq.

Gosh, do I feel alone in this thought.

FMC

[Drew68]

He chose not to call the cops

He called the cops. Apparently the cops did nothing because it was after the police left that a bottle was thrown through his window.

For whatever reason, the police chose not to disperse the unruly crowd.

[mylife]

Oh I can see the incident in MA.
I dont think the guy in MA was malicious, though I dont think he made a good choice.

One thing that suprises me is that he shot when he really wasnt in danger,tho that may be debatable since it was dark and the crowd may have been quite hostile and he couldnt reasonably know if the partiers were armed with more than bottles and bullshit.

I dont know what threats if any they made.

I do know this, If you pull a gun you had best be prepared to use it, and if you use it you best use it effectivly.

[Americanexpat]

I wasn't condoning what this Marine did. It was stupid. I was just making the same point you did, they will stack the charges and get him on one or more of them.

[Texas_Jarhead]

I would never argue that he should not be held to account for his actions but I don't want to see him railroaded either.

[rdcorso]

He did call the cops to complain about the noise but it doesn't say if they showed up or not.He also has been seeing someone to help him deal with the stresses of Iraq.I'm not going to condone what he did but the service her performed in Iraq had to be tough.Putting together the missing pieces of your fellow Marines who most likely died a violent death has to take a toll on you.