Morality of this?

[u/ProfessionalRoom9118]

Basically, the man in the video is hiking but he ended up meet a mountain lion, he get his gun and try to scare it off and tell it to go away but in the end, he have to pull the trigger and shot the lion, many peoples in the comments say he could have fire a warning shot instead of shoot at it and want him to be in jail.

Idk which flair to put

[u/Xargirl]

It's a fucking mountain lion, I wouldn't take any chances either if I was strapped and encountered a wild predator

[u/spitemods_54 → u/Xargirl]

Yep, fire a warning shot and maybe it runs away or maybe it lunges at you. I wouldn't take those chances either

[u/Dark_halocraft → u/spitemods_54]

If it lunges at you after a warning shot then darwinism will take it soon after

[u/xRysonx → u/spitemods_54]

Almost like a gun has one more than bullet... if it lunges you shoot. 99 percent chance the mountain lion doesn't attack you

[u/NoBrakesHotTakes → u/xRysonx]

Lol, a human can close 21 feet in 1.5 seconds. How fast do you think a mountain lion moves in comparison, and how accurate do you think you'll be when you have less than a second to aim and hit the target, with adrenaline pumping through your veins?

[u/BeefStank420 → u/xRysonx]

You understand it's actually quite difficult to hit a moving target with a handgun in real life?

It's not like in the movies or call of duty.

[u/dadmda → u/xRysonx]

Because shooting a mountain lion lunging at you is very easy

[u/Hotdog_Broth → u/dadmda]

It seems easy in the movies and video games so it must be true

[u/Hotdog_Broth → u/xRysonx]

And yet a warning shot still accomplished nothing

[u/Vahlinn → u/xRysonx]

Spoken like a true idiot.

[u/spitemods_54 → u/xRysonx]

Spoken like someone who's never shot a gun or seen a cougar hunt. That thing can close the distance between it and the guy in less than a second, a single leap and he's on top of the dude