You have no idea how immensely telling this post is about you and the MAGA movement as a whole.
When talking to me, when you feel you have to have an actual moral justification, you insist, by making incredulous arguments that this was about self-defense.
When you're talking to someone who is politically aligned with you though, you flat out say that showing restraint is a sign of weakness. Implying of course that the shooting off another human being is a sign of strength.
It means that to you it isn't about right or wrong. It's about being the most powerful. If that means shooting your opponents, that's fine. Because they are "pussies" or "mercenaries" or "liars" or "rowdies" or "terrorists", anyway and therefore beneath contempt. He isn't a veteran with a disabled girlfriend protesting police violence. He is a Soros funded mercenary and deserves to die. And the deed isn't a crime but a public service.
It's an indictment of the whole MAGA movement since it's a view shared by most if not all on your side.