Being drunk is no excuse. People tend to do dangerous and stupid things when drunk. Did an Edmonds mother use good sense and act in self-defense when, early Thanksgiving morning, she shot and seriously wounded a stranger who was trying to force his way into her home, where her husband and children, and another youngster were sleeping? Reader comments at the Seattle Times are split — not evenly, by any stretch — with some people critical of the shooting and others insisting the woman had every right to fire. According to KOMO, where more than 500 comments …read more