Friend: Pistorius shot gun out of car and at cafe

[monmouth3]

This is a self-indulgent rich brat and I'm hoping they throw the book at him...


PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A friend of Oscar Pistorius testified in the Olympian's murder trial Tuesday that the athlete twice fired guns for which the double-amputee is charged with firearms violations.
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Pistorius denies guilt in both events, which took place before he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Feb. 14, 2013.

But his friend, Darren Fresco, testified Tuesday that Pistorius shot a gun through a car's sunroof, after having an altercation with police and months later in a separate event was holding a gun when it fired in a busy Johannesburg restaurant.

In the first incident, Pistorius became furious with a police officer who had pulled over the car Fresco was driving and handled Pistorius' licensed gun, said Fresco. Pistorius later fired the gun out of the car's sunroof without warning, said Fresco.

Much more at: http://news.yahoo.com/friend-pistorius-shot-gun-car-cafe-123139267--spt.html

[jsr]

1. Pretty harmless guy

[lapislzi]

2. I am inclined to agree with you.

He is also a domestic abuser whose partner paid the ultimate price.

You can liken many white South Africans like Pistorius to the devotees of gun culture and "stand your ground" in parts of the US.

IIRC, "stand your ground" was never codified into law in South Africa because...it was understood. Intruders, or those perceived to be intruders, will be shot and few or no questions will be asked.

Of course, the above would only apply to white people. Pistorius is trying to stand on 400 years of white cultural paranoia. Good luck with that. I hope a judge sees through it.