A trigger happy homeowner kills man with Alzheimer's Disease

[smark21]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/28/georgia-man-fatally-shot-neighbor-with-alzheimers-after-mistaking-him-for-a-prowler/

No racial component to this story, but certainly echoes of Trayvon Martin and what happened in Detroit as a Georgia homeowner with a gun calls the police about a strange man in the yard at 4AM then goes out with gun and kills strange man, who turned out to be a man in his mid 70s with Alzheimer's who wandered away from his home. The sherrif so far won't arrest saying the guy had the right to do as he did under Georgia's Stand Your Ground law.

[soulster]

Shoot first, ask questions later. Oops! You can't ask because...he's dead! Proof again that mainly paranoid schizos love guns.

[marv2]

This is crazy! What the Hell is happening in this country? We can shoot to kill fellow citizens down like rabid animals. Just because in that guy's warped, "frightened" mind he has a right to shoot the man and ask questions later? Incredibly wrong!

[Jerry Oz]

Tip of the iceberg. We haven't seen anything yet. This is going to get MUCH worse, just watch.

[mark speck]

Damn...whatever happened to POLITELY asking the guy what he's up to? Does every situation have to automatically be perceived as a threat?

Best,

Mark

[soulster]

Tip of the iceberg. We haven't seen anything yet. This is going to get MUCH worse, just watch. As long as the spineless congress fears the NRA/gun nuts, and there's a Democrat in the white house, the eradication of gun laws will get worse.