No, he didn’t. And he’ll likely spend a couple decades in Prison for his crimes.
In Georgia, we have the Crime of Passion. It’s called Involuntary Manslaughter. The idea is that you come home, and see your wife in bed with your best friend, and you murder them both in a moment of rage. Georgia sentences you to no more than 20 years for this. It is Georgia saying, look we understand, we can’t condone, but we understand.
Now, let’s say you saw them, and then left the house. You return an hour later, and kill them both. That is no longer the crime of passion. That is Murder. Why? You had time to consider your actions, and choose the action you went with. Georgia doesn’t condone that at all.
What this is, well it is that latter case. If he would have killed the fellow, it would have been premeditated murder. We have a Justice System. The bad guy had been arrested, and charged with the crime. He was going to face justice at the hands of the courts. The system was working. Now Roid Rage man didn’t want that. He wanted vengeance. Revenge. And he wasn’t going to let anyone stop him.
I have an idea, let’s take this to the next step shall we?
Now, tell me why the Uncle who got shot should not have the right to kill Roid Rage man? I mean, the Uncle who did not touch any member of Roid Rage’s family, by your standards, should be allowed to kill Roid Rage man for trying to kill him right?