He’s a moron, and should get the book thrown at him... Fools like this are the problem, period.
Obviously the guys not too bright, he tried to claim he fell and the gun went off.... even though he was on his own CAMERA at the time...
Now the odds of any serious damage with birdshot at the range the boy was at by the time he fired was next to nill (and I don’t know what sort of shot the guy had).... buck shot probably wouldn’t have hit the kid at those range due to the spread, but had it it would have done harm...
But either way, throw the book at this idiot. Millions of law abiding sane gun owners get tarred by the actions of fools like this.
“Obviously the guys not too bright, he tried to claim he fell and the gun went off.... even though he was on his own CAMERA at the time...”
The shooter is dumber than the kid that got lost.