Double Naught Spy--What I was saying was that to me, the drugs and alcohol were irrelevant. He shot his son because he did not ID his target. plain and simple, and I suspect that stone sober, he would STILL have fired without ID'ng his target, and his son would still be dead.
P95loser-
If we use this logic, every person who is drunk and driving and is convicted of vehicular homicide shouldn't receive any more stringent of a sentence over someone who was sober and truly in an accident.
What I was saying, was that he should be charged with negligent homicide, as the charge reflects his NEGLIGENCE. this was no accident. he fired without ID'ng his target, which is negligence, not an accident. As above, I think he would have done the exact same thing stone sober.Negligent homicide reflects his negligence (its in the name), manslaughter does not. Where did I say it was an accident, and that he should get charged as if it were one? where do I say he should not get a greater charge than someone who had an genuine, uncontrollable accident? I'm pretty sure negligent homicide is a greater charge than manslaughter. Even if it technically is a lesser charge, it's more fitting by definition, and I'll bet that the max sentence for negligent homicide is pretty equal to sentence for manslaughter, thus, I'm in no way advocating he get a lesser punishment as if it were an accident.
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he was stupid, and reckless, and careless, and his son paid with his life, and he will pay with the memory of it forever, no matter what a judge does.Sadly, he isnt the first, and wont be the last, regardless of pot, or alcohol or anything. reckless is just reckless, doesnt matter why. We say not to blame the guns when someone gets shot, so we cant blame the drugs or the alcohol either.
Note words like "reckless", and "careless". Neither of those implies "accident", nor does it say he isnt directly responsible for what he did.It wasnt because he was drinking, or because he smoked pot.It was because he not ID his target before firing. that simple, end of story.
Hopefully that clears up any confusion on my earlier post. I am NOT saying drinking and/or drug use while hunting/shooting is ok. Just saying if you shout at shapes and noise, it doesnt matter if you are stone sober or not, you may still kill someone.I just want the blame layed where it belongs. on the man who didnt follow safety rules, not on drugs or alcohol. they are no excuse for what he did, and I think he would have done the same thing without them.
