[ctdonath2]

The crux of the issue:

Fire Chief John Feeny ordered Arthur L. Arford to leave his smoky home

Some people don't take kindly to being ordered out of their own home. Granted this guy picked a bad time to switch to home-defense mode. Detatched reasoning is not expected when one's home is on fire.

[FourPeas]

Some people don't take kindly to being ordered out of their own home.

Exactly. Admittedly, leaving one's home when it's on fire is a good idea, it's still the guy's choice. His house, his life.

[bc2]

hello! do you still want to get together this week and go shoot my new shotgun? I still haven't fired it!

give me a call and we can work it out, maybe dinner too???