Comments by "No Fate But What We Make" (@SonoftheAllfather) on "Moral Panic: Canada Man Faces Leftist Ire for Fundraising Despite Being Found Not Guilty of Murder" video.

I did a video about Kate Steinle. Total atrocity that that foreign criminal wasn't at least charged with involuntary manslaughter. They had the elements of second degree murder. https://youtu.be/XS-C0DhcWUE
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@A Sojourner: It was worse than that: he was convicted of illegally possessing a firearm. The thing that's sick about that is that willful possession of the firearm and gross negligence was the only thing they needed to establish in order to convict of involuntary manslaughter. For second degree murder and/or voluntary manslaughter, they needed willful possession and intent/malice aforethought. They arguably had both. So, the fact that they convicted him of illegal possession of a weapon means that they KNEW that he was guilty of possessing it willfully. His ENTIRE DEFENSE was predicated on "finding" the weapon, which it just so happened was stolen from a federal LE officer's vehicle less than a ten minute walk from the location that scumbag shot and killed Kate Steinle. I explain this in the video I made about this affront, and also prove that it is nearly impossible (beyond a reasonable doubt, which is the threshold of proof required in a court of law) that he willfully pulled the trigger at least three times based on the internal security features of the weapon. There is also other evidence, based on his testimony and admissions to the police, that there was at least gross negligence, if not outright malice aforethought, because at first he said he was down there SHOOTING SEA LIONS from the pier (also a felony)! They couldn't prove that he intended to murder her (1st degree murder), but they could have easily convicted him of second degree murder based solely on that admission, which he redacted after his scumbag lawyer told him to change his story. I believe the DA had everything they needed, but the jury members were SF residents and all Leftists, and therefore virtue signaled and allowed a murderer to walk free. Absolutely despicable and it makes me want to puke just thinking about it.
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You are right: that is one of the 4 firearms safety rules. "always keep your weapon pointed in a safe direction. never point your weapon at anything you're not willing to destroy."
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Lilith Of Eden Interesting and thanks for clarifying because that changes everything. My original assumption proves that knowing the totality of the circumstances surrounding the case is paramount before making a judgement. 👍
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@Nacho Slave: I have difficulty believing that a hangfire is a justifiable defense either. He would need to pull the trigger one way or another (unless it was a cookoff), which establishes intent. You are also correct in that if a trained person were engaged in a firefight (or even in training) and a hangfire occurred, they would automatically go to misfire procedures, eject the faulty round and chamber a new one. Usually, the delay of a hangfire is measured in milliseconds. It is very rare that a round initiates seconds after the primer is struck. I've put tens of thousands of rounds downrange, and it has never once happened to me. The vast majority of ammunition stoppages/malfunctions are operator induced.
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