All the opinions on generalities, training, other locales, safety issues, etc. are rabbit trail side issues that have no bearing on the core issue: did they commit a criminal act.

The point of this thread is that the couple has been charged by a local DA with the “crime” of pointing a gun toward people trespassing along their property. The AG and the governor both understand the applicable Missouri self defense laws and say the local DA is wrong to have charged them.

Why? Yes, politics, but one side of the issue actually has the Law on their side. Time will tell.