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Wafer did not have the good sense to do that.
He turned off the lights and the TV so he could not be seen and fired his shotgun at head level through his locked door because he "felt" threatened, as per the law. He felt not only that he should react like that but he felt that he could under the law.
Had he reacted like your silly illustration he would quickly have found out the young woman was in trouble and indeed did need help. He would not be on trial for manslaughter and McBride would be alive.
And you'll find I've never argued otherwise. It would have been far more prudent to have adopted a less aggressive course of action, based on such information as is available.
And regardless of his belief that he could do so under the law, he's been charged and there is going to be a trial... so the system is working as it should, and all the assertions that it isn't are spurious.