It's fascinating how people who appear to be so smart are so very confused by systemic causes of criminality. The bullet is a bandage. It does not cure the illness. And even then murder for something so insignificant is beyond reprehensible.
Bullet as bandage is a poor metaphor!
And a bullet usually slows/halts an attacker, which is all a defender requires.
deprecative sez >" murder for something so insignificant is beyond reprehensible."<
I think you misspeak: murder is always illegal but killing a person may be legal. You may be killed for property crimes in some states.