The Chai Vang case, in a nut shell

I've been disappointed in comments that I've read about this case at Althouse, Fark, and even at Jiblog. A lot of people apparently feel like spitting on the graves of the unarmed dead and want to excuse Vang's actions. I replied to a comment on Jiblog, but no where near as eloquently as Sanna Central does:

Why didn't Vang just go?

My North Woods training says if you are confronted with a shooter, run, get as many trees between yourself and the shooter, and go in a zig-zag pattern if conditions permit. It is more dangerous to take the time to crouch, aim and fire back.

Another inherent rule: Never point your rifle at another human being.

Why didn't he get out of there?

Vang's pride was stinging from insults. The hunters were verbally abusive and threatened to report him for trespassing. Then they let him walk away. He was under a lot of stress in his personal life and refused to control his anger that day. He chose to take a nasty verbal confrontation to the level of a bloodbath. Is he not responsible for this? Vang could not control the insults flung at him that day, but he had no right to become judge, jury and executioner for the others.

Read the rest.