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Considering the way things happened with this woman and her child the only way she would have been safe was to shoot the young men the moment they said hello, or the moment they got too close. As a result, you end up with more Trayvon Martin like shootings. Since you cannot wait to see if the person is a threat you just shoot the person because you think they are a threat.
This incident is very different from the Trayvon Martin incident.
West earlier told reporters that the incident occurred at 9 a.m. Thursday as she was walking home from the post office, pushing her son, Antonio, in a stroller. She said she saw two boys.
"A boy approached me and told me he wanted my money, and I told him I didn't have any money. And he said, 'Give me your money or I'm going to kill you and I'm going to shoot your baby and kill your baby,' and I said, 'I don't have any money,' and 'Don't kill my baby.'"
The boy tried to grab her purse and opened fire when she said tried to tell him she had no money, West said, with the shot grazing her head. She said the boy then shot her in the leg.
West continued, "And then, all of a sudden, he walked over and he shot my baby in the face."
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http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/22/us/georgia-baby-killed/?hpt=hp_t2
If her story is accurate, the first two shots would certainly have been sufficient justification and an opportune time for her to shoot back. She may have been killed herself, but she would have had at least a chance of saving her child.
In no way do I blame this woman, who certainly didn't expect anything like this to happen on an afternoon stroll. Nor do I blame people who arm themselves against such possibilities.
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