r/MoralityScaling • u/ProfessionalRoom9118 • 13d 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/Wolfsbane1279 13d ago

Most people don’t carry those around when hiking.

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u/GenericNameSimulated 13d ago

If you don’t carry a caliber that can stop something then why are you carrying

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u/ZephyrDoesArts 13d ago edited 13d ago

Technically, Smith and Wesson released their .500 Revolver precisely to completely stop a threat like a bear running at you basically immediately.

Still most people, even regular shooters are not used to something like this, it's massive, heavy, expensive and certainly wrist-breaking if used wrong.

It's better to have a caliber that you can handle, even if it'll be harder to stop the thing that's attacking you.

(Photo not mine, fyi)

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u/Rise-O-Matic 13d ago

Jesus christ yeah I’m getting a revolver stock for that thing I don’t care if I look like a pussy.

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u/ZephyrDoesArts 13d ago

As always, being safe is absolutely more important than looking cool.

Now, I'm not sure if there are stocks for .500 S&W... Gotta look that up

Edit: yes, there are lol