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Then he ought to be put down, for his daughter's honor.

Always have been

Hadn't heard "laser rule" before, I assume it's the same as "don't point it at anything you care about".

It's a small town. He's probably buddies with all the cops and DAs. That shit is super common.

I am baffled at how this doesn't constitute premeditated murder. They had some argument and then guy's like "know what? I know what I'm gonna do." And did it. What freaking horror.

I just accidentally beat my daughter to death. The bat just went off on it's own. I was just showing her the bat then all of a sudden she was bludgeoned to death. I have no idea what happened!

There's no excuse for it to not be murder, but the fact its not even manslaughter is a message.

This is just an excuse, dude murdered his daughter and is trying to blame it on the gun. Guns don't load themselves, and they don't magically go off...

Exactly this. I was taught not to point a gun at anything I don't intend to destroy, even if I believe it not to be loaded.

Anything less than that is negligent manslaughter at the least if the gun 'goes off' 'by accident', because you should never be in that situation.

Where I live, in Europe, you CAN own firearms. Long guns pretty easily, as they are considered hunting/sporting guns, including semi-auto assault rifles, albeit, with 3 round magazines. Buying or even 3D printing larger ones is trivial, but it's a felony to have one near the gun (same range/car/house...).

Long gun licenses require a medical, which includes a basic psych eval.

Handguns require a stricter medical, with a more detailed psych eval, and a course which includes gun safety, and legislation, among other things.

Except for some rare exceptions (jewelers, judges, and other people that can objectively be considered a target for assault or retaliation) you cannot carry, open or otherwise, except to go to a range, or hunting ground, and the gun and munitions must be separated; guns in a case in the trunk, with the magazine and munitions in the front of the car.

I don't get why there isn't a reasonable license for guns in the US. There is for cars, no?

I've been rewatching Bojack Horseman, and there's an episode where Diane convinces the state to pass common-sense gun legislation by making it "in" for women to carry guns. The eventually leads to the line, "I can't believe this country hates women more than it loves guns," to which the character with her replies, "really?"

I think that moment is, unfortunately, rather poignant.

guns don't kill people, women kill people.

she killed herself by arguing with a man.

/s

#choosethebear

No, no, you don't get it - he's admitted that he was under the influence of alcohol while handling the weapon (which he was showing off to his famously anti-gun daughter in the basement into which she was not allowed prior), so it means he's off the hook, it was basically an act of God! After all, how can we expect to punish people for what they're doing while drunk, right?

A dangerous criminal too, the kind they promised they'd go after

That would only hold if the law were consistent. This very obviously only goes this single direction.

Yeah that's how you know he killed her on purpose

It's so strange to me, the people that the public will hold accountable and the people who get a pass

Sometimes if I'm facing the wrong way in line at the grocery store or if I get randomly distracted by something, an old person or a woman will accost me, literally screaming and crying, complete with snot bubbles, because I've made some kind of basic and understandable error. I pressed the wrong button, I didn't see someone in line so I cut in front of them, I forgot to hold the elevator door.

This guy shoots his daughter and people are saying ridiculous shit, assuming that he's stupid or assuming that he's going to snap out of it one day. He can't just be a murderer. People are frothing at the mouth to make excuses for people like this.

He had told her he wouldn't mind if she was raped, because he had two other daughters.

So no, he'll feel no guilt for murdering his daughter.

He’s literally a remorseless psychopath.

That's normally what the charge of "manslaughter" is supposed to be used for in the courts. Murder would be with intent, manslaughter is any other act with deadly consequence.

Why that didn't happen in this case is beyond me.

If it truly weren’t intentional (which it probably was, a Glock doesn’t just “go off” for no reason, as I understand), it would still be considered “manslaughter” here. He should’ve been indicted. This is insanity.