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The last thing I want to do is disappoint my conservative detractors by failing to cluck over the demise of Jeffrey Carter Albrecht, the Texas rock keyboardist who was shot in the head the other day when he banged on a neighbor’s door. Actually, it was his girlfriend’s neighbor. Mr Albrecht had “assaulted” her, according to the Times, and she had locked him out of her house. It was actually late at night, not during the day. I suspect that alcohol was involved. Why else would Mr Albrecht have beaten on a stranger’s back door?
The decedent’s mother, Judith, said of the shooter – who was acting within his rights under Texas law – that she thought “he could have made another choice.” Another choice? But that’s Texas for you. Ladies, even moms, are too polite to say “a better choice.”
Had I been defending my castle against unknown door-pounders, I’d have issued a preliminary warning. Something about stepping back or I’ll be shooting. Perhaps that’s what the shooter thought he was doing when he aimed high. How could he know that Mr Albrecht was six-five?
You can be sure that the good old boys of Texas are still laughing about this one.