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He was killing people though, and if his death stops that, it's a net positive. His life is not worth more than the thousands he has ended for personal profit.

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> if his death stops that, it's a net positive

One, it doesn’t. Two, this applies in loads of cases depending on your individual morality. (Intentionally-spicy takes: abortion providers. Medical researchers who experiment on animals. Farmers. Meat eaters. Anyone American because of our foreign military interventions.)

When the state's monopoly on violence doesn't protect people, people will find a way to protect themselves.

This goes both ways. See: south africa where every rich dude has a private security detail.

This sounds like the same way because if rich people need protection, they must be under threat of people who feel exploited by them. Just like the OP.

How can you be so sure it hasn't saved someone? You can make the case that doctors make less mistakes when they don't rush through surgery.

https://apnews.com/article/anthem-blue-cross-anesthesia-insu...

> can make the case that doctors make less mistakes when they don't rush through surgery

Healthcare PR is in overdrive right now because people want this story. In truth, the anaesthesia debate started a few days before the shooting.

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