I condone it as much anyone has the right to defend themselves against armed thugs breaking into their property.

Our conversation here had me thinking, what will happen to this lady who fired a gun at the armed intruder, the answer I came up with is, nothing.

Why, because if she goes to court then jurisdiction will have to determined. Which means, who owns the land in which all this took place has to be determined. By all accounts it appears to be sovereign tribal land signed by a US treaty. Guess what, that means that all those police and NG troops had no authority being there. That means she was defending her "home", so, good luck trying to convict her of anything. It also means the pipeline company has no rights to use the land without express permission from the tribe. The list can go on in a lot of different directions.

Expect this to swept under the rug and the lady to get a stern look and told not to do that again.

Your thoughts?