http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-man-arrested-for-shooting-at-crop-duster-plane-1.2704109
The shooter was not charged with murder, but with discharging a firearm, mischief and endangering an aircraft.
Should he have been charged with attempted murder? Why?
 

Edited July 11, 201411 yr by starcraftguy1

What is the purpose of this topic? It doesn't provoke any discussion. If you're going to keep posting only links, it'll be considered spam. You need to provide a lot more in your post to provoke discussion, and / or thoughts. 

"No one was hurt but the side and bottom of the plane were damaged"

Why exactly should he be charged with murder when he didn't murder anyone?

"No one was hurt but the side and bottom of the plane were damaged"

Why exactly should he be charged with murder when he didn't murder anyone?

I was just about to post this. OP, your arguments make no logical sense.

"No one was hurt but the side and bottom of the plane were damaged"

Why exactly should he be charged with murder when he didn't murder anyone?

 

 

I was just about to post this. OP, your arguments make no logical sense.

I meant attempted murder.

I would like to see him charged with attempted murder. But I am a pilot and can admit to being somewhat biased.

 

But, it seems like a more than reasonable charge to me. A reasonable person knows that airplanes do not fly themselves, and a reasonable person could therefore conclude that if you fire a weapon at an aircraft, there is a reasonable chance that you might injure or kill a person.

So, if you intentionally discharge a firearm while targeting an aircraft, you attempted to injure or kill a person.

 

Imagine if the pilot had been hit and killed, and the plane then crashed into a car or house on the ground...

He must have watched that episode of 1000 ways to die when buddy shot up in the air & the bullet came down & killed a guy 3 blocks away.