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Yep, he may be a good guy, but anyone with an IQ above room temperature knows, without a doubt, you never point a gun at anyone, let alone pull the trigger too! That is just plain negligent homicide. At the very least he should spend a lot of time in jail for being mortally stupid.

No, anybody with solid and early in life training in safe handling of firearms knows that. Too many people are growing up without a real no-nonsense gun awareness session. Like this kid, obviously. It's not an excuse for this, just some explanation. We shouldn't assume that this kid had the benefit of the same awareness training we've all had. Clearly he did not. I could never bring myself to pull the trigger on a gun pointed at a friend, even after checking several times that it was empty. I just couldn't do it. My finger wouldn't have the strength to overcome my fear.