So far, Masipa has made NO mention of, nor asked questions regarding one especially crucial fact:
OP was never attacked or even remotely threatened.
The only blood he got on himself was his victims blood.
Attack or imminent attack is the key element required for a defense of putative self-defense - without it there can be no self-defense.
She is blatantly ignoring the gun laws (and every inconvenient, damning fact) in favor of her own bias.
Shes already ruled out automatism and lack of mental capacity as defenses.
That only leaves self-defense.
How does one rationally defend using four Black Talons against a mirage, an illusion, a perception, terror?
Masipa not only inexplicably defends OPs fantasy that fear, sounds and noise equate with actual attack and threat, but worse, she gives it legal credence. (Wheres the legal precedence on that, My Lady?)
Taken to its logical conclusion - since ALL South Africans are (allegedly) afraid and constantly fearful of crime (what makes OP so freakin special?) - her ruling would give everyone carte blanche to commit murder with impunity - I was scared.
So, we are left with NO attack, NO threat and NO self-defense.
That leaves murder.
The only attacker that night was Oscar Pistorius.