I have been known to hire lawyers myself when needed and I have (3) in my extended family.
I just think Ames is a jerk and either a pussy who shoots an old man who's only armed with a stick or prod 6 times including as described by a witness as one shot followed thereafter by 5 in succession...(sounds like an execution) or he's a psycho.
The fact Ames is a lawyer and uses that to extort from his neighbors is irrelevant. He's just plain bad news at best.
The article makes no mention of an Ames fan club in the county.
If I shot everyone who has aggravated me, damaged my properties, or threatened or menaced me, I'd need a sizable graveyard to bury them all in.
Ames had 675 acres, but no silencer.