I’d disagree on who is a better person. The thug in this crime will probably stab someone else again. Solving that problem and dealing with the aftermath makes you the better person.
Good point, thanks... And I didn’t mean to imply that anyone else who would not hesitate isn’t the better person. I may have come off like that. Sorry, didn’t mean to. I was just thinking about me alone. Knowing myself well, I’m not going to go in for a lot of introspection at a time like that, even though a human life is involved. Shoot first, self-examination later, lol.
H could have done society a service, saving tax money , if he had just shot the perp. He would also have prevented future violence as the perp would not get out of prison after a few years and go back to work.