Shit happens. It could happen to my son, but I would blame myself instead for not taking a stern enough approach to raising my son.
In all honesty I do believe America is reverting to the old west in some ways. People will die, people make wrong choices as well. I do think the motto “kill or be killed” comes to mind to a lot of people.
We have no way of know the final intentions of an intruder, its like we can just check their intruder credit rating or facebook page.
Its sad when people die, its sadder yet that the reason they died is being blamed erroneously, they chose poorly.
There have been an extrordinary number of home owner shooting thugs postings of late. Rather than a reversion to the wild west, I think it is an expression of empowerment by honest people. This old man did not deserve to be attacked by the young thug. Had the old man not been armed, the punk could well have killed him. When the punk attempted illegal entry into the house, one can only assume the worst and act appropriately. A dead punk is a blessed outcome.