Three home invasion burglars were killed in Wagoner County, Oklahoma, at the end of November. The three intruders were promptly shot to death by the homeowner’s 23-year-old son, who grabbed his father’s AR-15 and went to town on them when they broke into the house. The grandfather of one of the slain home invaders is telling local media in Oklahoma that the shooting was unjustified. He notes that it was “unfair” for the homeowner to use a semiautomatic rifle to fight back against the three intruders. What was he supposed to use? A rolling pin or a PlayStation controller?

Police say this saga all started when Elizabeth Rodriguez, a 21-year-old single mom with three kids, realized that rent was due on the 1st of December. She didn’t have it, so she hatched the idea that she would have her three housemates rob someone in Wagoner County to come up with the cash. 19-year-old Maxwell Crook, 17-year-old Jacob Redfearn, and 16-year-old Jake Woodruff thought that was a great idea. Ms. Rodriguez opted to stay in the car and be the getaway driver.

When they found the Peters family home in the suburbs, it looked like no one was home. The three intrepid burglars snuck into the garage initially, where they stole some booze, a pair of speakers, and a machete. The ringleader and getaway driver, Ms. Rodriguez, says that’s when her crew “got greedy.”

The intruders donned black masks and armed themselves with brass knuckles and a knife. Then, they smashed in the front door of the Peters’s home in hopes of finding some more valuable loot.

Zachary Peters was taking a nap when he heard breaking glass as the three home invaders smashed their way through the front door. It was 12:30 in the afternoon (Fact: most burglaries take place in broad daylight). Zachary grabbed his father’s AR-15 and came face-to-face with the three intruders.

Seeing three intruders in masks inside his home, armed with a knife and brass knuckles, Zachary was terrified for his life and opened fire. He dropped two of the burglars immediately and didn’t stop firing until the third managed to flee the house. Zachary then locked himself in the bedroom and called 911. On the 911 recording, he begged police to bring medical help because the three intruders were clearly in rough shape.

One of the burglars made it as far as the getaway car, where Ms. Rodriguez was waiting behind the wheel. He slid across the hood and told her, “I got hit.”

Ms. Rodriguez then did what all women getaway drivers do in that situation. She stomped on the gas and fled the scene, leaving her accomplices behind to die. Since she admitted to the police that she was the ringleader and it was her plan, she’s been charged with first- and second-degree murder and three counts of first-degree murder. She faces the death penalty if convicted.

LeRoy Schumacher, the grandfather of the deceased home invader Jacob Redfearn, blames the AR-15 and Oklahoma’s gun-friendly climate for the fatalities.

“What these three boys did was stupid,” Schumacher admits. “Brass knuckles against an AR-15? C’mon. Who was afraid for their life?”

“There’s got to be a limit to that law, I mean he shot all three of them—there was no need for that,” Schumacher added.

Really? How exactly should a victim respond when three armed, masked intruders kick in their front door? Zachary Peters has not been charged with a crime. The bad guys made a bad choice and got ventilated for it. To most Americans, that should sound like a happy ending.