[CaptainCrunch]

Unrelated gun story.

When I was in the Army, I got some leave and went to visit my uncles farm with my 15 year old nephew.

We decided to go out shooting, and picked a spot between two silos. and started trying to hit posts on the fence line. When I got done, I saftied the rifle, and handed it to him. And decided to go behind a silo behind the firing position for a quick smoke, while he fired away. When he hit the end I came out, and he thought he'd play the dumbest joke ever and was kneeling and pointing the rifle at me.

I figured that it was unloaded and he was messing with me, so I asked him in a low voice if there was a round in chamber. He said no, I repeated the question and he checked. then laughed and said it was clear.

So I jumped him and laid a beating on him, and then had to explain to his parents my uncle and aunt was that beyond the whole pointing the rifle at me loaded or unloaded, that he had to check to make sure there wasn't a round chambered.

I then wrapped my knuckle on my left hand, got in my car and drove home to Calgary.

People do stupid things or aren't certain, they get complacent, or just plain lazy. People in a panic situation tend to be sloppy and undisciplined and lose track of the details.

If you go through the various gun control threads on this site, I've been pretty consistent in terms of people using guns for home defense. They're more likely to kill a friend or family or neighbor then the criminal, because its dark, its panicky and things move way to fast, and they don't train people like soldiers.

I get what Stanley's thought process was if I can as the jury had to rely on his testimony. He was dealt what seems like a pretty shytty set of cards, and he lost track of details, and the boy lost his life.

I'm not sure that it falls into the realm of manslaughter because of the evidence of not pulling the trigger and having what looks like a bad round.