Originally posted on 07/23/2018:

If you've ever been clocked like this, especially when it is unexpected, you know the amount of adrenaline, fear, confusion, and nerves that shoots through your body. Fight or flight, and this guy did not have option of flight. You can't expect someone to act rationally, and evaluate the situation perfectly in that state of mind after being decked. If you're responsible for putting the guy in that state of mind, you are responsible for what he does next. It's a shitty way to learn a lesson, but you can't blame or charge the older guy for this. It's not like he showed up at the gas station that day planning to shoot someone.