If I hear of anyone else accidentally shooting someone I'd have the same opinion towards them regardless of their politics. I don't care about his political beliefs at all. I probably agree with him on a lot of shit. It has no bearing on this situation. Honestly it's starting to sound like his political beliefs are why you're defending him so adamantly as this is the second time you've brought them up unprompted. I'm not making up rules. Pretty much everyone agrees on how guns should be handled safely. I don't care what the government says. You cannot dispute the fact that if he and anyone else handling that gun had checked it properly the woman would still be alive.