Good work, dude.

Christ, if there were a way to harness stupidity as an energy source, that night could have powered the whole pacific northwest for a week, and while I agree based on what I've seen so far that Kyle's actions constitute self defense, I'm including him in that statement. Even if his intentions were pure, he lacked some serious forethought here. Don't even get me started on the fucking morons chasing a guy with a fucking rifle. How they ever thought any good would come of that is beyond me.

I will say I hope everyone, regardless of where they stand on everything, pays real close attention to the clip of Rosenbaum yelling "Shoot me, nigga!" juxtaposed to the bit where he's on the ground shuffling off this mortal coil. Bullets don't give a shit how tough you are, how big you talk, or how loud you yell. That's the reality of it. Right or wrong, if you explicitly or implicitly ask to get shot, there's a pretty good chance you're going to regret that string of decisions. Hard words only work until someone decides to call and see if you're bluffing. I guarantee it never occurred to Rosenbaum while he was screaming for it that someone might actually shoot him, and he paid for that hubris dearly.