Diren Dede, a 17-year-old German exchange student, was fatally shot in Montana after entering a man’s garage, prompting a national conversation about self-defense laws. Markus Kaarma, a 29-year-old firefighter, faces a deliberate murder charge, asserting that the state’s “castle doctrine” permits the use of deadly force against perceived intruders.
The incident, which occurred under contentious circumstances where Kaarma had set up traps to lure potential burglars, raises serious questions about gun culture and vigilantism in the United States. Family and friends of Diren mourn his loss as his father, Celal Dede, criticizes Montana’s lenient gun laws, stating he would have prohibited his son’s stay had he known about them.
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