On Monday,
according to police, a drunk Florida man who was obsessed with his female neighbor stood outside her house and fired 33 rounds into it with a semi-automatic handgun.
The woman, who has not been named, told police that Howard Sparber, 69, had been harassing her with sexual propositions since November of last year. At one point, she said, he pointed a gun at her making her fear for her life. She told police that Sparber stopped by her house on multiple occasions attempting to talk to her, and she’d begun taking deliberate steps to avoid him.
Luckily, she wasn’t home when Sparber opened fire on her residence, blasting into the storm door, front door, foyer and kitchen cabinetry, and causing around $3,000 in damages. Police say he shot up her house in an attempt to get inside.
This case is frightening, but the narrative is altogether familiar.
It offers a perfect example of what happens when male entitlement and guns collide.