Funny isn't it, that Tony Martin was jailed for doing exactly what many Americans say they have a firearm for, he was defending his own home.
He was fed up with having his property broken into, and his farm equipment stolen.
He went to jail because his firearm was unlicensed, and the victim Fred Barras [?] was shot in the back, and was thus deemed to be non threatening and undeserving of being shot. This was in darkness BTW. (Perhaps he should have changed his name to General Belgrano!)
Make no mistake about it, Tony Martin went to jail for having an unlicenced shotgun, and for taking the law into his own hands. This was after he'd complained to the authorities about the constant theft and vandalism he had suffered from, but just because the law are too lazy to do anything about it, doesn't mean he should defend his property though, apparently.
I'm not saying what he did was right, as I disagree with all killing, but the man was shabbily treated, and was in a way driven to do what he did through lack of support from the authorities.
There is however no way that what he did should be compared with some of the others being discussed at the moment.
Giok