In the summer of 1973 Gary Todd was asleep in bed when he was disturbed by an intruder. He pulled a gun from under his pillow and shot his friend, Nancy Conley , dead. Nancy Conley 's death would never have happened if guns in the United States were better controlled. This second part of Man Alive's report on the 10,000 Americans killed every year by pistols and revolvers is a filmed record of a one-day murder trial in Richmond, Kentucky. The defence lawyer argues that Gary Todd believed he was protecting himself from an intruder. The prosecutor claims that he shot Nancy Conley in cold blood. The film is a unique and remarkable insight into the workings of American justice.