“Is there something, aside from mere isolation, that would induce people to shoot first and ask questions later?”
Maybe the growing meth problem, perhaps. My dad has said it’s getting pretty bad there. Economically the area has not had a great history either and that has caused a lot of people to resort to crime. But that’s supposition on my part. From her perspective, that of living on a dead end road, a nice car rolls up and she’s all alone, that’s probably all she needed.
I suppose my input really does rotate heavily around first-hand experience. Could she be a tea party nutbag? Yeah, sure. Could she be a 72 year old woman who lives on a road so isolated that Google streetview hasn’t even covered yet and she’s not taking chances? Could be. Neither are good reasons to just open fire like that…
