Timing, we are constantly being reminded, can be everything.
For most of those involved in a “Stand Your Ground” defense involving a fatality, for example, how fortuitous was it that they just so happened to have had a gun handy when some dispute, including one provoked by would-be defendants, escalates into a deadly, tragic confrontation.
This is what you get—most recently in that Clearwater convenience store parking lot–when a perilous gun culture meets the law of unintended consequences.