Fuck right off and stay in Germany then, Mr. Dede.
The father of a German exchange student shot dead in Montana
after he trespassed in a man's garage has said the US cannot continue to
"play cowboy" with firearms.
Markus Kaarma has been charged with deliberate murder in the
Sunday killing of Diren Dede, 17, of Hamburg.
But he says Montana's self-defence law allowed him to shoot
the boy.
Celal Dede said he would not have allowed his son to study
in the US had he been aware of the lenient gun laws.
"I didn't think for one night that everyone here can
kill somebody just because that person entered his back yard," Mr Dede
told the German news agency dpa.
Pressure authorities
Meanwhile, the German consulate in San Francisco has sent a
diplomat to help Mr Dede recover his son's body and to meet local law
enforcement and prosecutors.
"This is very important to us, and she is there to put
pressure on the authorities to investigate thoroughly," consulate
spokeswoman Julia Reinhardt said. "We don't have any doubt that this will
happen."
The son of a family of Turkish immigrants to Germany, Diren
was attending Big Sky High School in Missoula, Montana, for one year as part of
an exchange program.
Diren, known in Hamburg for his football skills, had only
six weeks left in the programme.
This undated still image taken from video shows Markus
Kaarma at his home in Missoula, Montana
Markus Kaarma was released on $30,000 bond while he awaits
trial on the murder charge
Mr Kaarma, a 29-year-old firefighter, has told investigators
his home had twice been hit by burglars, and he told a hair stylist he had
waited up at night to shoot intruders, prosecutors said.
On the night of the shooting, Mr Kaarma and his partner
Janelle Pflager left their garage door open, and Ms Pflager left her purse in
the garage in order to bait intruders, she told police.
They set up motion sensors and a video monitor, prosecutors
said.
When the sensors went off just after midnight and they saw a
man on the monitor screen, Mr Kaarma went outside and fired a shotgun into the
garage without warning several times.
It is unclear what the teenager was doing inside in the
garage.
Mr Kaarma's lawyer said his client planned to plead not
guilty.
The state allows residents to protect their homes with
deadly force when they believe they are going to be harmed, said his lawyer,
Paul Ryan.
"We know with no question the individual entered the
garage," Mr Ryan said. "Kaarma didn't know who he was, his intent or
whether he was armed."
He said that there had been a spate of break-ins in the
neighbourhood and Mr Kaarma did not think the police were doing anything about
them.
'Castle doctrine' defence
The suspect was released on $30,000 (£17,800) bond, and has
remained in his home.
Montana's so-called "castle doctrine" law was
amended in 2009 to allow deadly force if a homeowner "reasonably
believes" an intruder is trying to harm him or her.
Before that, residents could only use such force if the
intruder acted in a violent way. The legislation was backed by the US' largest
gun lobby, the National Rifle Association (NRA).
State Representative Ellie Hill told the Missoulian
newspaper she has proposed legislation to repeal the 2009 amendments to the
law.
"What the castle doctrine has done in this country is
it has created a culture of gun violence and vigilante justice," Ms Hill,
a Democrat who represents Missoula, said.
"And it's created a culture that it's okay to shoot
first and ask questions later."
Diren will be buried in Turkey, his family said. His
football team in Hamburg, SC Teutonia 1910, played a charity match on Wednesday
to help the family pay for the funeral.
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