Agreed, particularly if you're drunk, unarmed and only making noise. In a case like that you should expect to be unceremoniously hauled away by the police if you're lucky. If you're unlucky or belligerent, the police will give you a nightstick shampoo to help you to remember not to do it again.
If you're a homeowner, merely having a bunch of loud drunk kids trespassing on your property does not give you the right to go outside, wave a gun around and needlessly inflame the situation into one where somebody gets hurt or in this case killed.
Mr. White's life was only in jeopardy because he chose to go outside and escalate the situation beyond what it was. It's the police's job to diffuse a situation exactly like this and they're very good at it.
If, however, Mr. White had remained indoors, locked his door and called the police for assistance, and then the mob tried to break his door down I would absolutely be cheering for him if he had cut the punks in half with his shotgun, which he had in the house.
You'll be hard-pressed to find a more passionate supporter of the Second Amendment, gun rights and the rights to self defense than myself, but my support ends when people step outside of the law. In this case, Mr. White stepped outside of the law when he needlessly inflamed the situation and brought lethal force into play when his life did not have to be under threat....it only was because he chose to intentionally inflame the situation.
I just have to disagree. You take a gang to a man’s house and threaten that man’s child then you have your life in your own hands.