Sad situation all around. But like others stated, the victim was refusing to leave and was verbally confrontational, then became physically confrontational after the gun was introduced going so far as to grabbing for the gun.
Bottom line, IMHO and not being a legal scholar, all of this could have been prevented simply by not letting emotion to override common sense:
1. If you are unarmed and an armed person tells you to leave their property then LEAVE! 2. If you are having a custody situation then it's a matter for the COURTS. 3. Never ever ever use hostility to confront a person on their property. 4. The victim was hostile sure, but not being physical so the property owner should probably have had his wife/girlfriend wait in the house until police arrive.
With all that said and done, I'm hot headed and probably would have done the same thing as the home owner. I would not have put up with that loudmouth POS on my property either!
