Yeah, that's exactly what I was getting at. He is not guilty of manslaughter because he did not act in a way that would be a departure of a normal person. The difference between negligence and accident.
Also, because the defense of self defense was not used, doesn't mean the governing law doesn't apply. He was still governed by that law. He still had a right to point the gun at someone whether he did so on purpose or not. That answers the question people were asking...if it's not self defense then why did he have a gun in the first place.
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