# Was this shooting morally justified?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 17, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-shooting-morally-justified/693377 "2014-07-17T17:16:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-shooting-morally-justified/693377/46 "2014-07-17T19:23:41Z")

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> [@jtur88](#):
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> First shot missed. Second shot disabled. Third, fourth and fifth shots were the blind rage, pumping bullets into a human being who no longer represented a danger. A very serious pathology shared with serial killers.

First off how do you know the second shot disabled? Maybe you have ice water in your veins and perfect shot placement and x-ray vision to know exactly where the second shot went, but this isn’t TV and you aren’t Jack Bauer/James Bond/Dirty Harry  
It might have also missed, or been just a nick in his arm. Self defense training and Police training all train that you keep pulling the trigger until  
A) the suspect is down  
or  
B) The gun goes click in which case you reload.

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