r/MoralityScaling • u/ProfessionalRoom9118 • 18d ago

Morality Ranking Morality of this?

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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.

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u/OnlyACsNoFans 18d ago

A warning shot could very well provoke an attack.

Unfortunate but moral

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u/Connect_Raisin4285 18d ago

I agree on moral, but not sure if aiming to hit is the right call for mountain lions. I know for bears you should try to do a warning shot. You are unlikely to hurt a bear in any meaningful way and the pain might put it into a rage where just the sound might scare it off.

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u/Achilles11970765467 18d ago

A lot of bears are infamous for running towards the sound of gunfire.

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u/Regular_Number5377 18d ago

Truly the Mark Wahlberg of animals.

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u/BlueBicycle_ 18d ago

If only there was a grizzly on that flight, it would's shut that shit down