"Dave Hall" wrote in message
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On 23 Nov 2004 22:48:08 -0800, (steve) wrote:
Well, if I were facing multiple counts of murder, I'd try to kick up
some dust in an attempt to save my butt. It's just human nature.
It certainly wouldn't be the first time the "racial persecution" angle
was used as a potential defense.
It also wouldn't be the first time a group of one race tried to intimidate
a lone-person of another.
But even if true, shooting people is not the appropriate response,
unless his life was directly threatened. If he could somehow prove
that he was shot at first, I'd tend to look a little more sympathetic
toward him.
But how can the guy proove he was shot at first? Maybe they'll find a
bullet
from the other's gun? Or maybe they'll be able to show one of those guns
was fired recently? But they were, after all, out hunting. Wouldn't be
totally
out of the question for them to claim (or actually) to have shot their
riffels
recently in that area.