• Glide@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    Okay, but, even ruled an accident, why is this guy not up for manslaughter charges? Do I grossly misunderstand what manslaughter is?

    This is definitely some smoking gun tier bullshit, but even given every benefit of the doubt in the world, the negligence has to be criminal.

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      5 months ago

      they really don’t care, man. talk to some boomers sometimes they desperately need to be forced into retirement and group homes.

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    “As I lifted the gun to show her I suddenly heard a loud bang,” Kris allegedly said. “I did not understand what had happened. Lucy immediately fell.” WTF!!! It proves he pointed the gun at his daughter, which is a big fucking NO NO! Worse yet, the damn thing was locked and loaded. Fuck him, charge him with murder.

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      This is just an excuse, dude murdered his daughter and is trying to blame it on the gun. Guns don’t load themselves, and they don’t magically go off…

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      Exactly this. I was taught not to point a gun at anything I don’t intend to destroy, even if I believe it not to be loaded.

      Anything less than that is negligent manslaughter at the least if the gun ‘goes off’ ‘by accident’, because you should never be in that situation.

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    5 months ago

    Supposedly an accidental shooting according to the article.

    But sounds fishy to me, and yes, he should be in prison whether it was accidental or not. It was either a death due to deadly negligence or he’s lying and murdered her, both of which should merit jail time.

    Unfortunately guns are extra-legal here. The law or the people in most US cities doesn’t care if the shooting was supposedly accidental.

  • Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca
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    Yet again we see that for country that is insanely in love with guns, they have no idea how to handle guns safely.

    I will recap the basics of gun safety for the folks in the back:

    1. Don’t pick up a gun unless you are going to use it and know how to use it safely.

    2. The gun is loaded, on a hair trigger and the safety is off.

    3. Do not point the gun at anything you don’t intend to kill or destroy.

    4. Finger out of the trigger guard.

    5. THE GUN IS FUCKING LOADED.

  • D_C@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Abort a dead baby? “That’s a life sentence, you filthy murdering bitch!”

    Shoot daughter for Donvict Drumpf? “There’s not enough evidence to prove it was murder. We are just going to let him get away with it!”