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You can't really say "murder is not morally wrong."
It depends on the nature of the motive. There's only really two reasons murder can be committed. Or a mix of both reasons is also somewhat acceptable.
I see the wrong type of motive as "black murder," and obviously, totally justified (or neutral, I suppose) motives would be called "white murder."

Picking up the nearest firearm and walking into a densely populated place with intent to murder with no personal benefit, but rather a sadistic satisfaction, is black murder. It serves no purpose, goes toward no achievable goal. It ruins families, friendships, relationships, and even traumatizes people for a loooong time. It's selfish and psychotic. Our places of gathering and socializing are supposed to grant us a comfort of safety. They aren't the place for unleashing years of pent up anger, no matter how bad it is.

White murder however, in my eyes, is the murder of a small number of people (or just one), for some kind of beneficial outcome, and not just a sadistic satisfaction. Depending on who it is, it could cross over into the black murder side, and additionally depending on how it's done, it's possible that not much emotional scarring is left, if any at all. Sometimes murder isn't even required. If somebody can kill while keeping a sane state of mind, and factually justify their own murders, then in my eyes, it's absolutely fine. Murder happens all the time, for so many different (arguably subjective) reasons. Politics, war (spec ops, assassinations of powerful military icons, etc etc), hell years ago corporations would hire hits on other rival company owners just to move up the ranks and become more wealthy.

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