Well, then it gets murky.Its a big deal here in Texas.
What if you have my kid inside and are refusing to let me have him?
Personally, I think I would have no choice but to take the stance of "the court says the kid is with him from 3:15, well, if the relationship is so toxic that you can't make reasonable compromises and allowances with each other, then 3:15 on the dot is what it is."
But then, personally I would have a real hard time dating a woman with a kid, partially for this exact reason. So my personal empathy is not really applicable.
People get all worked up over their kids. They lose all reason. I don't know why this guy felt the need to introduce a gun into the situation, though. If you're going to pull a gun, you have to be willing to shoot to kill.
I guess after he made the mistake of getting the gun in the first place, his next mistake was allowing the dude to get far too close and obviously not convincing him that he was a real threat to pull the trigger.
You choose to introduce a gun into a situation like that, you have to allow that you might have to kill and you might have to go to jail for it. It's unpredictable what happens when a gun is pulled. This guy clearly doesn't have the training, experience, temperament or gravitas to handle the confrontation even with a gun. He failed to control the situation, the other guy wasn't armed but was a stupid asshole, the gun only made the confrontation much worse, and he fucked it up. I guess he'll just have to live with the jury's call, one way or the other. Be an interesting one to be on the jury for. Personally, I can see the argument for either side, and I think I can be swayed either way on this one. ?
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