While it is sad and tragic for his family, he chose the lifestyle he led and because of that and his selfishness, his family and daughter are now without a son, brother, father, husband, friend etc. Perhaps jail wasn't something he wanted to do but he should have thought about that when having a handgun in a car and smoking pot and the consequences if he was caught. He was 21 and being irresponsible. When you do certain things in life, you leave yourself wide open to be judged whether you want it or not. He could have been a nice person but unfortunately, when all you see and hear is "Gun and drugs", it's kinda hard to think of him as "nice". He could have hurt an innocent person in the process of all of this.