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- From: lowrie@advection.engin.umich.edu (Robert Byron Lowrie)
- Subject: Re: Jogger is killed when hunter mistakes him for a deer
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- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 21:40:50 EST
- Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
- References: <JQD=ml-@engin.umich.edu> <Bxs4MJ.Epn@monitor.com>
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- In article <Bxs4MJ.Epn@monitor.com>, michael@monitor.com (Michael Johnson) writes:
- > In article <JQD=ml-@engin.umich.edu> lowrie@eddy.engin.umich.edu (Robert
- > > had been killed by a drunk driver, I doubt we would have gotten such a
- > > response in this group.
- >
- > I _hope_ you are incorrect on this point. Drunk driving is just as
- > reprehensible.
-
- I hope so too.
-
- >
- > > accidents are bound to happen. Mr. Cook should get no more punishment
- > > than a careless (NOT drunk or reckless) driver.
- >
- > IMO, you are just plain wrong. Someone with a gun should know _exactly_ what
- > they are pointing at before they pull the trigger. To do any less is the
- > same as driving blindfolded, or drunk. This is a case of manslaughter caused
- > by _negligence_ because the reasonable precautions which should have
- > prevented this tragedy were ignored.
-
- My point, which you deleted, is that hunting is a legal activity,
- whereas driving drunk and/or blindfolded are illegal. Therefore, I
- believe, and I think generally law in the U.S. would back me up (I'm
- no lawyer), is that the punishment should be less in this case. The
- reason is that driving drunk or blindfolded are *premeditated*
- reckless actions, whereas I doubt (although it could be the case) Mr.
- Cook *intended* to shoot "anything that moves" the day he went
- hunting. If, for instance, Mr. Cook boasted to friends before he went
- hunting that he was going to shoot anything that moves, then I agree
- with you.
-
- In these cases, I've heard that the hunter truly believes the person
- he/she shot was a deer; I think they call this "Buck Fever".
- --
- Rob Lowrie
- Aerospace Engineering Dept.
- University of Michigan
- lowrie@caen.engin.umich.edu
-