If I serve in the jury, the crime of passion BS won't work for me. UCI have a very strict policy for firearm, and you have to premediate to commit a murder to bring a hand gun with you on campus. I won't be qualified to serve on the jury due to my connection with the campus police, however, so the defense lawyer maybe able to fool most of you.
EDIT: Just read more about his background. Nevermind about the premediated part. It is common for the ex-military people to hold firearms. I was thinking that he is a different type of physic student. <oops>