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Originally Posted by CaramonLS
Actual final shot aside.
He thought the life of his wife and son were danger. A car can be used as a weapon as has been demonstrated many times. He thought his wife may have been trapped under the car at the time.
I think it was perfectly reasonable to have the gun pointed at the driver during that situation. You wouldn't want the person in the driver's seat to try to run you over or risk further injury to the person under the car.
Why do you feel differently?
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That's a self defense argument. If the defense position was I feared for my wife's life therefore I had the gun pointed at him and it went off. We could have a discussion around self defense laws. That isn't what was presented as the defense so on the manslaughter charge it's still he admitted to unlawfully using a weapon and it went off.
I don't see though how hangfire is a defense of manslaughter without using self defense as part of it which the defense did not.