I actually had to look up that name, since I didn't know who he is. I see he shot and killed an abortion doctor in 2009.
I don't condone his actions.
However, I think that's very different from the kind of situation I was describing. Let's say, hypotethically, a man breaks into a house and tries to abduct a 10-year-old girl from her bed. Should the girl's father stand by and let his daughter get kidnapped? Of course not. So, let's say the father has a gun, and he then shoots the man to protect his child. The intruder ends up dying.
Is the father a murderer? No. He did what he had to do to protect his child. It is not the father's fault that the kidnapper died while trying to kidnap a child. The kidnapper loses his chance at salvation, but it's not the father's fault. It is a direct consequence of his own actions.
What makes these two situations different?
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