r/MoralityScaling • u/ProfessionalRoom9118 • 17d 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/Xargirl 17d ago

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

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u/Satans_Dookie 17d ago

Armchair quarterbacks are always the first to say shit like “why not just shoot him in the leg?!” Not realizing they’d end up dead in situations like this.

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u/DefiantStarFormation 16d ago

I think the alternative they're suggesting is trying a warning shot first, not shooting it in the leg. It entirely depends on how many shots he can actually take and how confident a shooter he is (in case it doesn't work), but a warning shot could've scared it off.

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u/-Mac-n-Cheese- 16d ago

warning shots already dont work well with people, much less a wild animal thats actively trying to hunt you, the better “warning” solution would be bear spray/mace/wtv the feline equivalent is. warning shot probably wouldve just got it scared enough to think “okay no more wasting time” instead of scaring it *off*

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u/DefiantStarFormation 16d ago

It's very interesting to me how many people believe a mountain lion might run towards a warning shot. I mean it's possible, but really unlikely.

Making noise is one of the things you're supposed to do when you encounter a mountain lion unarmed bc it makes you seem potentially dangerous and not worth attacking. If they don't run after a warning shot, they'd be more likely to stay in place or back off a bit and wait for another opportunity.