Quote Originally Posted by Parkbandit View Post
The case in court will be tried on actual laws, not rules.

All laws are rules. Not all rules are laws. Rules that are not laws will be relevant to determine if Baldwin's conduct was so excessive as to constitute a crime. If, for example, the jury agrees with Methais that the first rule of gun safety is to assume that the gun is loaded unless you personally check it, then that will have a significant bearing on the outcome of the trial.