Been thinking a lot about this ...
Sure, it was wrong to park in the handicapped spot ...
It was wrong for the man with the gun to challenge the lady in the car, with her children ... what was hoping to accomplish?
Was it wrong for her boyfriend to come out and shove the man?
Perhaps he might have just confronted him.
Or stood his own ground, without the shove.
But the man with the gun hits the ground, and what does he do?
He pulls the gun, because the man shoved him.
And then pulled the trigger and shot the man dead, in front of his children.
I wonder if the gun gave him a bravado to confront the lady in the car?
I wonder if the gun was his courage.
I mean, packing heat, carrying iron, primed and ready to kill.
And now he'll live the rest of his days knowing that he's a killer, that he killed quickly, and without remorse, or so it would seem. Maybe he'll proud. His friends will slap him on the back and buy him a beer. The NRA will send him a t-shirt.
He didn't flee the scene; he knew what he would claim: self-defense.
He knew he'd be on safe ground.
Had he given this kind of scenario a lot of thought?
Was he itching to use the gun?
The whole thing seems out of proportion.
Biblically, this smacks of Lamech's pride and boasting.
Genesis 4.23 - violence out of proportion.
I can't help but feel that color played a roll. Maybe not, but I can't shake that part of the story, either.
What I know for sure: a young man, a father of three, is dead ... because of a man with a gun.
I suppose he'll be known as an NRA hero.
Long live Lamech.
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