Oscar Pistorius: Textbook Paranoid Gun Owner?

[SecularMotion]

The case against Oscar Pistorius continued today as his defense attorney tried his best to throw doubt on the professionalism of law enforcement and validity of the evidence against his client.

Barry Roux’s cross-examination of police photographer Barend Van Staden went on for much of Tuesday. During the cross-examination, Roux tried to insist that the items photographed had been tampered with or moved around, making the re-construction of the murder scene questionable.

This move to undermine the evidence is the only realistic counter-attack available to Roux whose client Pistorius has been held up as the standard of the textbook paranoid gun owner by the prosecution.

It is an image that could actually validate Pistorius’s version of events and convince Judge Thokozile Masipa that the Olympic athlete genuinely believed his life to be in danger. It could also help him avoid a lengthy prison term.

http://www.webpronews.com/oscar-pistorius-textbook-paranoid-gun-owner-2014-03

[ileus]

1. Always ID your target.

More like a guy I graduate HS with named Wesley Earnest, than a paranoid gun owner.

[Duckhunter935]

2. just a murderer

running out of excuses.

Would you care to ad to the discussion? I am sure you have something thoughtful to say, you comment so often.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

3. Don't hassle him, man.

He's trying to shed light on the truth about 9/11.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

4. Is that what you call it

[gejohnston]

5. Do you think the Oscar Pistorius case is a sign that stricter gun laws are needed in South Africa?

South Africa has extremely strict gun laws, and their murder rate is about eight times ours.
I'm missing the paranoia angle, unless it has to do with he really thought there was an intruder in the bathroom (IIRC, that is what the media accounts claimed. Since I'm not following it and media accounts are usually questionable, who knows.) That said, I'm skeptical of shoot through the door self defense with one single exception:
http://www.news9.com/story/19858704/12-year-old-girl-shoots-intruder-during-home-invasion

Or to put it more bluntly: I think he is a lying sack of shit. I don't think he was paranoid or afraid of anything other than going to jail.

[Straw Man]

6. He's trying to lie his way out of going to prison.

No paranoia involved. It was a crime of passion, and he's a murderer. I think it's pretty clear.