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Originally Posted by Chief Gump
You don't think it will look different to a judge and jury both in the verdict and sentencing in a trial.
Scenario one, old fart claims something hits him and he just reactivly pulls the trigger.
Scenario two, old fart gets hit with something and has to actively think to pull out his gun and pull the trigger.
That can play a huge difference.
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I don't really understand the difference.
As someone earlier pointed out, I'm curious why the wife's hand got shot, and if she was trying to hold the dead guy back from attacking the old guy. But even if she was, I think the old guy is in a heap of trouble, so maybe it doesn't make much difference.
It's really hard for me to buy any type of self-defense argument. There were no punches thrown, and it was in a public area with dozens of other people around. Yelling, "Help! Call the police!" would have sufficed as a defense.