I never said more punishment would "fix" anything. Quite the contrary. The point was that society does have its rules. I "get it" that the shooter was a friend, and it's a terrible circumstance that he's in. My greater sympathies in this case, however, are with the wife and young children of the victim.
I wasn't trying to kick anyone when they're down. I was commenting on the obvious violation of a fundamental hunter safety rule, the consequences and the lesson everyone needs to take away from this.
That is, after all, part of the function of an open forum.
I saw the same defensive reaction from friends of the 60-year-old woman who snuffed out the lives of the two young men I referred to because she drove carelessly. It's only natural for friends to react that way, but believe me, friends of the victims tend to see things a bit differently.
