Looks like a racial incident to me. If she was truly fearful, she would not have opened the door. I feel bad for the effect this will have on the boys.

Phew. If she was afraid she shouldn't have opened the door! I hope at the very least her gun is taken!
(And her gun license).

4 teen boys going door to door would make me nervous any night except Halloween. Would I hold a gun on them? Nope! (Paticularly in broad daylight).

Either don't go to the door or bring mace if you're that anxious. (And you don't point that at them either without cause!).

If you've totally lost your marbles where teens are concerned? Call a cop.

I feel bad for these kids they're gonna be flinchy when they get old enough to realize what could have happened. Hopefully they're still at the 'I can't be killed' stage of youth. Cause damn!

I see several parts to the story here. First, if she had gone through a home invasion previously, it's conceivable that she had fear. That fear was misguided, though, and I doubt she would have been afraid of some white kids in football jerseys coming to her door.

Second, she certainly overreacted. You don't open the door and hold people at gunpoint if you think they might be planning to break in; not if you're thinking rationally. But fear impairs rational thinking.

Finally, her being married to a jail administrator may have led her to certain attitudes about how law enforcement should be done. She probably felt entitled to make a citizen's arrest, but had no basis to do so.

The situation could have ended tragically and it's a lucky thing for everyone involved that it didn't.

I think she is confused and thinks she is entitled to something that those kids might be taking away. Her fear is another diversion caused by Clownface and it is bringing out her hatred. "White must be right." I read recently that a white 60 something man said that "Donald Trump might be the white man's last chance." Chance for what? I don't think I want to live in these people's world. They scare me.