“That’s not what happened.”
Says who?
“And he should be allowed to shoot notwithstanding, because someone who enters a stranger’s open garage at 1 am is up to no good.”
Then campaign to change Montana’s laws, because that is not what they say currently.
“The police “bait” criminals in this fashion all the time, albeit not necessarily with deadly force in each instance.”
What the police do or don’t do is immaterial and just a distraction from the issues here.
Then you’re OK with the states allegedly invalidating the Castle Doctrine.
An open garage at 1 am is not “bait”. And there was nobody waiting in the shadows either way—except Dede.