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 Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey
Not sure what you mean by "get away with it."
It's not murder, since the killing was an accident, but it was certainly some kind of reckless endangerment or manslaughter, regardless.
"Get away with it" means "not be punished."
The law considers the fact that you ignored the potential risks of firing off a gun outweighs the fact that your motivation was not to harm. Thus you still get a prison sentence because in the eyes of the law you were still a douchebag.
My point is if you do the same thing using racist language in a situation in which it should be clear to anyone that such language could easily offend someone, then your inner feelings and motivations are secondary in that case too. IOW, you're also being a douchebag.
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