The attorney paced.
“You could have retreated inside.”
“Maybe.”
“But you chose to fire.”
“I believed the threat remained immediate.”
“Because of your training?”
“Because a man who had just pointed a gun at my chest was still trying to regain control of the situation.”
The prosecutor objected to several questions.
The judge ruled.
I answered what I was asked.
I did not try to sound tough.
There was nothing tough about what happened.
I had been afraid.
Anyone who says they would feel nothing with a gun pointed at their chest is either lying or has never been there.
Training does not remove fear.
It gives fear somewhere to go.
Eventually, the criminal cases concluded.
Brenda was convicted on multiple serious counts connected to the armed coercion scheme, falsified HOA actions, and conspiracy.
The court imposed a fourteen year state prison sentence.
She was also ordered to pay substantial restitution connected to the affected homeowners and the illegal enforcement program.
