>> “Did you not read the part where the vistim grabbed the shooter’s arm or the part where some of the party approached the guy with the gun with rocks in their hands?” <<
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Doesn’t matter a bit.
When you brandish a weapon, you accept responsibility for the consequences that ensue.
How about when an armed man approaches you and orders you off his property and you not only stay, bu approach him and try to disarm him you accept responsibility for the consequences that ensue
Do you live in New York or some other anti-self defense state? Are you a judge? Because laws differ considerably from state to state, and I see you handing down a ruling without taking all of the facts into account. The devil is in the details, and the details are what is lacking in this story. I still can't figure out why when confronted by an armed man rather than leaving they approached him and apparently tried to take his gun away.