# 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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**Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-shooting-morally-justified/693377/48 "2014-07-17T19:25:33Z")

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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.

Or a terrified mother, who like in many a horror movie, allows her adrenalin to convince her that he still might get up and harm her kid.

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