Justin Nelson recounts how his pistol discharged in August and fatally wounded Chad Goodman during a coroner’s inquest on Friday at the Missoula County Courthouse. The coroner’s jury ruled that the shooting was not a criminal act.
A coroner’s inquest Friday found that the fatal shooting of a Missoula man in August was not a criminal act.
Chad Goodman, 23, was shot with a semi-automatic pistol in the early morning of Aug. 18 by a 22-year-old acquaintance, Justin Nelson.
“It’s not uncommon for this type of accident to happen,” Marks said. “Unfortunately in this case, the gun was pointed at somebody when it happened.”
The verdict, which vindicated Nelson of any criminal responsibility, came after 30 minutes of deliberation by jurors and followed the testimony of Nelson, a witness, his roommates, Missoula police officers and experts at the Montana Crime Lab.
The total nonchalance with which they treat gun negligence is a crime, pardon the pun. It should be a crime to point a gun at someone while manipulating the slide. This happens countless times each year but only a handful of them come to our attention, usually when someone is killed or injured.
In those cases, where it is proven that someone did this gravely dangerous action with a gun, they should be held accountable for it.
Mr. Nelson should never be allowed to own guns again. He has proven himself to be unfit to handle the responsibly.
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
It's not nonchalance when the police, prosecutors, and coroners follow the law.
ReplyDeleteJust because they're following the lax laws, which you support, does not mean it's not nonchalant.
DeleteDid you read your own comment? Are you actually demanding that government officials violate the law? They may want to do more, but the law only allows so much.
DeleteThat's funny coming from the hillbilly that promotes violating the law. Like going after drug dealers with your own gun, fuck the police.
DeleteWhenever a gun is involved, it's an accident. Since the perp was handling the hole Testosterone Supplement That Makes a Guy feel Hard, he could not be at fault. He's a murderer, and should fry.
ReplyDeleteThis will not be the last you hear about this case in the coming months.
ReplyDeleteThe negligence of both parties involved, i.e. stupidity, is unnerving.However, accidents do happen. Young Mr. Nelson should, never be allowed to possess a firearm of any kind, nor should he get off scott free. The fact that he has to live with this the rest of his life is a punishment, but there should be a consequence for his action. It is not the gun's fault in this case, it is the person behind it. A life was lost & a family destroyed. the person at fault, walks away unscaved.
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