If she'd intentionally shot him, I'd be OK with calling it justified. Armed robber was diving for place where he'd previously been storing his robbing gun. But she didn't shoot him intentionally, so it's probably manslaughter. Whatever, I'll never find myself on either side of this scenario so my concern is very muted.
Sadly, after being told hear by a few and some brief research on the matter, it seams standard police protocols are to have weapons drawn in a felony type situation. Even if zero threat of life is present to officers.
Of course he or she does not know. But this is where experience, intuition and awareness, along with high tech help need to be utilized and relied upon.
Don't mean to argue semantics, but if you adhere to the rules of firearm safety, there is no such thing as an accidental discharge. An unintended discharge can only be a negligent one according to the Four Rules. If you consider it accidental, then you were not following the Four Rules, and legally, any discharge would still be considered negligent. You own that bullet until it stops, whether you meant to fire it or not.
Again they don't.
I was out shooting with a fellow my ex-wife's good friend had just married. He asked me if I'd shoot his rifle. I said sure. As I pointed the rifle downrange and closed the bolt, it fired accidentally. It had not done that during my cursory inspection when it was unloaded.
This point of course needs to be repeated every time the racial grievance industry rears its ugly head to monetize the disproportionate tragic loss of life in the African American diaspora. Unfortunately such factual truths rarely get beyond private forums such as these with almost every one of us reflexively nodding in agreement. I literally thought your post in my mind when I heard the race hustler Crump utter that toxic fallacy with the useful idiots in the media genuflecting to the point of self flagellation. I refuse to believe that intelligent people of rational good will don't see these acerbic statements for the lies they are so their complicity is intentional and frankly evidence of malice. Their refusal to challenge these nefarious lies is tantamount to them pulling the trigger themselves. Thank you for your excellent post.
Now you're talking about a malfunction. I would not call that an accidental or negligent discharge. That said, had your unintended discharge led to property damage or injury, sadly you would be at the least held liable - and likely your friend the "gunsmith." Sounds like none of that happened -- glad to hear.
