[robertpaulsen]

"Yes, and Mr. White chose to use those precious seconds to go out to his garage and get a revolver"

He had 20 minutes.

If he would have called 911 right away, the cops would have been there before the teens arrived. And since the underaged teens had been drinking, a number of charges would have been filed including a DUI on the driver.

But White took those 20 minutes to decide instead to make a stand.

[Stoat]

 

"Yes, and Mr. White chose to use those precious seconds to go out to his garage and get a revolver"

He had 20 minutes.

If he would have called 911 right away, the cops would have been there before the teens arrived. And since the underaged teens had been drinking, a number of charges would have been filed including a DUI on the driver.

But White took those 20 minutes to decide instead to make a stand.

Agreed.  He used a huge amount of time to mishandle a rather simple event.....the sort of situation that anyone with the most basic grounding or interest in the law would have handled completely differently.