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<blockquote data-quote="Perplexed" data-source="post: 2001457" data-attributes="member: 7157">From the linked article:After the first kid fell down the stairs and was laying on the floor, Smith could have been distraught enough to shoot him again - that&#039;s understandable.&nbsp; But!&nbsp; Smith then dragged the kid across the floor and went back to sitting in his chair.&nbsp; When the second kid descended the stairs, he shot her, and after his rifle jammed, he pulled a pistol and shot her several times.&nbsp; That part is rather iffy; leaving aside the issue of Smith sitting down to wait for the next person to come downstairs, his admission of shooting a round under her chin so it entered her cranium - after he had dragged her, shot several times and still alive, over next to the other kid - is damning.&nbsp; IMHO, he&#039;ll be lucky to be charged with just voluntary manslaughter.I&#039;m all for defending yourself if someone breaks into your home and tries to descend into the basement where you are.&nbsp; But to act in a manner as Mr. Smith did... this harks back to the Ersland case.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Perplexed, post: 2001457, member: 7157"] From the linked article: After the first kid fell down the stairs and was laying on the floor, Smith could have been distraught enough to shoot him again - that's understandable. But! Smith then dragged the kid across the floor and went back to sitting in his chair. When the second kid descended the stairs, he shot her, and after his rifle jammed, he pulled a pistol and shot her several times. That part is rather iffy; leaving aside the issue of Smith sitting down to wait for the next person to come downstairs, his admission of shooting a round under her chin so it entered her cranium - [B]after[/B] he had dragged her, shot several times and still alive, over next to the other kid - is damning. IMHO, he'll be lucky to be charged with just voluntary manslaughter. I'm all for defending yourself if someone breaks into your home and tries to descend into the basement where you are. But to act in a manner as Mr. Smith did... this harks back to the Ersland case. [/QUOTE]

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