Our system of laws and courts is adversarial, so everyone deserves a good defense, making whatever argument they choose to make. Prosecutors do so every day.
That said, anyone shooting at a sound needs their firearm to have a catastrophic barrel obstruction.
I know it isn't up to me to know the facts or judge the circumstances here, and for that, I am grateful.
If it was my son that was killed, I'd pull out the Mosaic Law on someone's ass, I know that.