Sorry, I have a real hard time trying to come up with reasons to help a guy who “had an accident” with an AR-15. Rule number 1, every gun is loaded all the time, Rule number 2, never put your finger on the trigger unless you plan to shoot. There’s just no reason to have an accident with a gun.
I agree with you.
But stupidity doesn’t equal murder, by itself.
It’s definitely criminal. But not murder, which includes an element of intent.
And if you did something stupid, wouldn’t you want as much help as you could get to show it wasn’t purposeful?
Or would you hold the same view; refusing any assistance because you’d done something you knew better than to do?
Agreed. And it isn’t just the accident angle. This guy could have dumped a round in the floor which spattered harmlessly, just to scare his girl before getting really pissed and hitting her with an old round that almost didn’t fire, or even punching her through something she tried to hide behind, like a chair or other obstacle, which he disposed of prior to the cops getting there.
My guess is the prosecutor knows more than is presented here. I mean he is a low rent scumbag thug (presumably with a rap sheet, if that is how his lawyer describes him) with an AR. How’d he get the AR? Was it stolen? And he got a girl killed? Was there history with the girl?
Assholes like this fuck up RKBA for the rest of us, even if they didn’t affirmatively kill an innocent. Add in that, and I say lock the guy up.
And yes, I know you asked for help, but others have the prerogative to make the case this guy doesn’t deserve it, absent a lot more intel.
And the big question, why is a scumbag (as described by his lawyer) in a small kitchen with his girl, with a loaded safety-off AR with his finger on the trigger in the first place?