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Jumping Frog wrote:

CoffeeNut wrote:... opening the door to someone you've already had a confrontation with is just bad for everyone involved and isn't a "good" decision. .... from my viewpoint it was a senseless decision to open the door.

I hesitate to make conclusions based upon news accounts, as they are often inaccurate and incomplete.

For all we know, the guy knocking on the door told him he wanted to apologize and shake his hand. Then charged as soon as the door opened. The point is, we really don't know how this played out.

You're absolutely correct however I'm allowed to take in information and make assements based on the information I'm receiving. Unless we're on the department, prosecution, defense, grand jury or jury then we'll never know all of the facts.

Again, opening the door to someone you've already had a confrontation with is just bad for everyone involved and isn't a "good" decision.

WildBill wrote: In this instance I think "good shoot" equals "legal shoot". Tactically, opening the door probably wasn't a good idea, but that doesn't negate his right to self defense.

A good shoot to me is a little bit more cut and dry than this one so I don't want to muddy the waters by equating the two. While it'll probably pan out as a " legal shoot", opening the door to someone you've already had a confrontation with is just bad for everyone involved and isn't a "good" decision. There's no duty to retreat but there's also no requirement to advance.

I wasn't there and I wasn't in his shoes but from my viewpoint it was a senseless decision to open the door.

What I read yesterday was that the aggressor forced entry to the hotel room of the man after the altercation. There were no details on how the door was "forced" open though. Sounds like a good shoot.

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The dead man, McManus said, reportedly was breaking lights in a hallway when he got into a verbal confrontation with another man, believed to be in his 40s.

The victim followed the man to his room, McManus said, where he knocked on the door until the man opened it. When he did, McManus said, the victim allegedly tried to barge in, and was met with a fatal gunshot to the chest.

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I might have to rethink my "good shoot" comment. Every hotel I've been in has had a peephole and I certainly wouldn't open the door for a man I just had an issue with.