Already, another Trayvon Martin incident has just happened

[HiPointDem]

525. normally i would agree, but in this case there are reasons the homeowner might not have

considered that a good option.

1. pregnant wife & baby.
2. tiny shotgun style house blocked on 3 sides with only one exit, directly onto the street (which is also tiny -- and where the trespasser's friend is.
3. access to car is blocked by trespasser.
4. high violent crime neighborhood.
5. Poor police response times
5. 2 am
6. trespasser is at back door
7. homeowner doesn't know trespasser's intentions


So if the trespasser *did* enter the house and had been armed, what's the homeowner going to do? The only thing possible is to take his pregnant wife & baby out the front door & try to make a run for it, try to wake the neighbors, etc. Can't get to the car because the trespasser is right next to it. It's 2 am, the neighbors are in bed, it will take some time & noise to roust them.

But there's the trespasser's friend on the street outside, & the street is faced almost completely with house fronts -- nowhere to hide. So he & his pregnant wife & baby would basically be running down a bowling alley/shooting gallery environment in a high crime neighborhood if the guy had intended to enter the house.

I'd be very frightened in that situation, whatever color or age the intruder was. It ticks me off to see people comparing this with the martin case or pooh-poohing it as kids cutting across yards.

Trayvon Martin was doing nothing but walking back to the home of his father's friend right after dinnertime. He had every right to be where he was and he was doing nothing wrong.