| The Ghost of RubangB said: Zen, Belonging in prison and deserving to die are completely different things. However guilty these people were does not justify their murder. I could walk down this street right now and shoot some gang members and make the world a better place, but I would still go to jail for murder. Those fuckers scare the shit out of me, but that doesn't make it okay to kill them. This isn't Taxi Driver here. If this guy was afraid, that doesn't make it okay for him to shoot people. |
In America, if he was defending his neighbors home, and he was afraid for his life due to the physical actions of the burglers, it actually does make it ok for him to kill them.
Now, that doesn't mean they need killing. It could still be considered a mistake and a horrible accident. However, what matters here is his intent.
We must determine:
Did he intend to protect himself from the possiblity of the suspects darting in a direction that could have been considered closer to him?
or
Did he intend to murder the suspects for being felons?
As I've said, there is no evidence at all that could indicate either way what he felt at that moment.
That being the case, in America we are innocent until proven guilty.
Therefore, with no evidence, it's impossible to prosecute.
Morality, again, is a question for each and every person, however, I ask that you consider you, me, and everyone else have very little idea of the second by second play at the scene, and who is to say that we wouldn't have acted similarly. For instance, perhaps the gun shot high, or perhaps the man assumed, as most would, a shotgun might only wound the suspects, since as any gun owner(or FPS player) knows, shotguns have many different loads, and are much less effective at a distance.
I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.
NO NO, NO NO NO.
