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Old 02-14-2018, 11:12 AM   #435
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Originally Posted by Galakanokis View Post
You know it's possible that he didn't purposely point the gun at the deceased's head right? Reach into the cab of the truck with your left hand and maybe reach for the door with your right hand with the gun still in it? Has there been any talk of angle of the gun, up, down? Was it actually pointed at the back of his head? Perhaps he reached in and the gun went off and there was no pointing whatsoever? I would lean towards that since he was found not guilty.
Yes, this is the entire point: his carelessness with a firearm caused the death of a person and thus presumably constituted manslaughter.
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