looks like he deserved to be shot. Prolly got into an argument with old dude before getting shot. Do we have the whole story here?
People are quick to condemn the shooter, but what about we adress the reasons why he became so paranoid in the first place? Like living a society that's more and more pernicious, dishonest and violent ?
From the sounds of things, it doesn't sound like the salesman deserved to be shot, even if an argument broke out, which the shooter hasn't indicated is the case, their is no reason to shoot a man who is on your property, and not trespassing. Even under the LAW, people have the right to enter your property and knock on the door, if no-one answers they also have the right to leave via the driveway or the quickest route, regardless of any signs a whackjob has put up. It sounds like this man was just bordering on the edge for a long time, it wasn't the first time he had pulled a gun on someone, years before he was charged for pulling a gun on the meter reader and he often made complaints about the kiddies playing in front of the house.
I agree that the underlying issues need to be dealt with, the average citizen has little power or leverage, and essentially has little control over their own life, they basically have to TRUST their government, and if people are upset at their government, they can live in a perpetual state of annoyance. I think this is the biggest reason Americans love guns, it helps restore some of the control they feel they have sacrificed to live in a democratic country. Personally, I think everyone would be better off if they got more politically involved like the old days, learnt more about the process, interacted more with it and tried harder to change the system for the better. The alternative is to sit and stew in your own hatred and misery about how shit the whole system is and slowly cut yourself off from civilised society, like this man did.