Gunman won't be charged in fatal shooting

[SecularMotion]

Brice Harper will not be charged with deliberate homicide for the fatal shooting of 40-year-old Dan Fredenberg, Flathead County Attorney Ed Corrigan announced Tuesday.

According to a joint press release issued by Corrigan and the Kalispell Police Department, Harper’s actions were justified under a series of state self-defense laws commonly referred to as “castle doctrine” and “stand your ground” laws in effect across the country.

“Were we to charge Brice with homicide and proceed to trial, I am convinced the judge and/or jurors would conclude that Brice reasonably believed he was about to be assaulted and that his use of force was therefore justified under Montana law,” Corrigan wrote. “We lack the evidence necessary to prove otherwise beyond a reasonable doubt.”

Harper, 24, shot and killed Fredenberg the night of Sept. 22 when Fredenberg confronted Harper about a relationship he had been having with Dan’s wife, Heather Fredenberg.

http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_8064190a-123e-11e2-8fda-0019bb2963f4.html

[montanacowboy]

1. He not only shot him once, but three times

right in front of his wife and kids

this is this castle doctrine fucking bullshit - so anyone that comes onto your driveway and is not armed, and you feel threatened, you can shoot him three times and it's OK?

[petronius]

3. The article describes a bit more than just coming onto a driveway (caveats about

relying too heavily on news articles apply, of course).

A previous violent confrontation, the deceased advancing through a garage toward a visibly armed person, and another potential assault-victim (the wife) outside - any death is deplorable, but I can certainly understand how the shooter could have felt a reasonable fear of serious injury in those circumstances...

[Clames]

4. The lesson you missed...

...is that one better think twice before being drunk and considering to assault someone on their property.

[CokeMachine]

14. Where did it say in front of his wife and kids?

I didn't see that in the story.

[friendly_iconoclast]

17. You're right- it didn't

[CokeMachine]

22. Looks like another hit and run poster.

Oh well -- it' the norm for the antis. I also noticed he/she said driveway. I think the story said something about a garage. Facts aren't their forte I guess.

Take Care!!

[friendly_iconoclast]

18. Can we assume the rest of your posts are of similar accuracy?

this is this castle doctrine fucking bullshit - so anyone that comes onto your driveway and is not armed, and you feel threatened, you can shoot him three times and it's OK?

He was in his garage and being threatened, per the linked article.

Also, there is no indication that his kids were anywhere around.

[Jenoch]

21. I read a story that said

the kids were in the mother's vehicle in the driveway.

The widow in this story is blaming her young friend for 'murdering' her husband. If she did not mess around with this guy he would likely be alive today.

[PavePusher]

20. Are you confused about the particulars of the incident, or just lying? n/t

[slackmaster]

2. Cool story. No heroes at all - just drunks, cheaters, and a wife-beater.

[Remmah2]

6. And defending them no less.

Poster child for the Brady cause.

[gejohnston]

5. I would have to see everything that would be introduced in a trial but

just from the article, you have a middle aged guy at his home vs a violent drunk who beats his wife. I can see reasonable doubt.

[Missycim]

7. I know i shouldn't laugh at this

but why do the people who get shot always say "you shot me" no shit he did lol

[Starboard Tack]

9. Yeah, that's absolutely fucking hilarious!

Such a nuanced sense of humor you have.

[Missycim]

10. Its called dark humor look it up.

you are such a stick in the mud.

[rDigital]

8. Trash people being trashy. However, newsflash: unarmed people aren't harmless. More than 4x more

people are killed by hands and feet of other "unarmed" people than any type of rifle (that includes the uber scary tacticool semi autos too) each year in the U.S.

It's not like the movies, anything that can knock you out can kill you. Many people are killed with a single punch.

Man killed with one punch in Las Vegas casino
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/07/06/20110706las-vegas-casino-beating-death.html

Man killed with a single punch in the UK. Gets 5 years. Illegal gun buyers get 15?
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/05/09/delroy-hines-killed-man-one-punch-loses-appeal_n_1502930.html

Another one punch murder
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/172812571.html

[Starboard Tack]

11. Oh no, not the hands and feet again!

Headline: Hundreds were slaughtered today throughout the United States by a growing army of deadly hands and feet. Legislators are considering outlawing the use of such weapons unless the owners have a permit to carry them openly.

You guys crack me up, especially when you say "It's not like the movies"

[Atypical Liberal]

13. I'm not sure what point you are trying to make.

Headline: Hundreds were slaughtered today throughout the United States by a growing army of deadly hands and feet. Legislators are considering outlawing the use of such weapons unless the owners have a permit to carry them openly.

And yet legislators are considering outlawing assault rifles, which kill half as many people as hands and feet.

I'm not sure you realize the irony of your sarcasm.

[hack89]

15. They kill more people then those evil "assault weapons." nt

[Starboard Tack]

16. Time to ban those pesky hands and feet then

Damn you guys are funny. Sounds like you're competing for the Zimmerman award.

[gejohnston]

19. since most people here have not

bothered with learning the facts of the case, the Zimmerman reference is silly.

[CokeMachine]

23. It's not silly --

it's just the way our betters do things. Run out of facts and just start flinging shit. God I hate the crows that like my choke cherry (wild cherry) bushes but they fling less shit.

[hack89]

24. So it really not about the actual threat, is it?

it is all about a wedge issue to pass future gun control measures - just like the original AWB.

BTW - it does not mean banning anything. It means adopting a reasonable, rational and fact based position. Not strict adherence to a rigid anti-gun ideology.

[Eleanors38]

12. Two punch 'n' runs on Austin's 6th st., two deaths...

within last two years.