If it were real, I doubt he'd be going to jail. I think Drunky is pretty close to correct on this subject. One of my friends killed his stepdad. The guy was beating his mom had a gun, and my friend shot him, I think it was 7 times. Spent a month with the county. Never did anything after. It's in self defense, he's scared, he doesn't know if he is going to pick up that gun again and shoot him.