The kid up for murder one, lost his faith in the system and in his attorney, and went nuts. Although I thought he'd go the cliche route and kill himself. But apparently he lashed out at everyone else, and didn't have enough bullets left over to off himself.
Possibly. The way it was photographed, as he was staring at the gun (which had to be in the possession of an officer in the courtroom) and then that the next time we saw him he was holding the gun below his chin and pulling the trigger over and over again, leaves a lot of ambiguity as to what exactly happened.
It is entirely possible he was only out to kill himself, and not anyone else. However, as he struggled (presumably) with the officer the gun went off. After that, additional struggling as he tried to take his own life (that is, with the officer or others trying to stop him), he managed to kill or wound others, and Will is shot fatally. For all you know, Will was struggling with him and was shot as that occurred.
If you stop and think about it, that would go to the idea that guns just as often, if not more so, kill more people by accident or misuse or carelessness than when used with actual, premeditated murderous intent, outside of literal warfare of course. If there were no guns in the courtroom (to "protect everyone"), what happened could not have happened.
In the future episodes, I'm guessing that exactly these issues will be brought up at the young man's trial, or at least what his intent was. Is he a psychopath, was one all along, or innocent and just finally pushed over the edge and snapped? Did he only intend to harm himself, or lash out at others?
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Date: 2014-03-25 03:50 am (UTC)Possibly. The way it was photographed, as he was staring at the gun (which had to be in the possession of an officer in the courtroom) and then that the next time we saw him he was holding the gun below his chin and pulling the trigger over and over again, leaves a lot of ambiguity as to what exactly happened.
It is entirely possible he was only out to kill himself, and not anyone else. However, as he struggled (presumably) with the officer the gun went off. After that, additional struggling as he tried to take his own life (that is, with the officer or others trying to stop him), he managed to kill or wound others, and Will is shot fatally. For all you know, Will was struggling with him and was shot as that occurred.
If you stop and think about it, that would go to the idea that guns just as often, if not more so, kill more people by accident or misuse or carelessness than when used with actual, premeditated murderous intent, outside of literal warfare of course. If there were no guns in the courtroom (to "protect everyone"), what happened could not have happened.
In the future episodes, I'm guessing that exactly these issues will be brought up at the young man's trial, or at least what his intent was. Is he a psychopath, was one all along, or innocent and just finally pushed over the edge and snapped? Did he only intend to harm himself, or lash out at others?
I love this show.