Unarmed

I don't understand all the fuss with the little detail of Osama Bin Laden being unarmed when he was shot and killed by US Navy seals. What's the big deal?

This reminds me of my favorite scene in the best, I believe, Western movie ever made, "Unforgiven". An Oscar winning directorial effort by Clint Eastwood, who also played the main character, William Munny.

I will not go into the other details of the movie. This is not a movie review. Just one scene; William Munny (Clint Eastwood), just found out that his best friend,  Ned (Morgan Freeman) was killed by the town sheriff (Gene Hackman) and his deputies. William Munny, the meanest, most vile murderer the West had seen, was out for revenge and sought the men who had killed his friend -- alone. He found himself outside the town saloon, looking at the corpse of Ned leaning inside an upright coffin and with a sign that read, "this is what happens to assassins around here". Inside the saloon, the town sheriff was organizing a posse to track down William Munny. They needn't look far, as William nonchalantly comes in through the front door with a double barrel shotgun at the ready.

"Who's the fellow that owns this shithole?" William matter-of-factly asks. The supposed posse of around 20 men were all surprised. No one dared move. No one even dared speak. William had to repeat the question before the owner of the saloon finally answered, "I do, I own this place". William asked the others to move out of the way then, without fanfare or uttering another word, shot the saloon owner dead.

"You just shot an unarmed man!", finally, the town sheriff protested.

"Well...", in a raspy deliberate tone as only Clint Eastwood can deliver a line, "he should have armed himself, if he was going to decorate his saloon with my friend."