And, the phrase, "Go ahead, make my day," uttered by Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood).
The line, along with Dirty Harry's penchant for killing criminals may have influenced society to accept laws that perhaps encourage taking a criminal's life.
In 1985, a Colorado law took on the phrase. A statute justifying deadly force when it is believed that a person invading a dwelling or business is committing a crime became known as Colorado's Make My Day Law.
Yesterday, I listened a little bit to a video discussing the politics of the first Dirty Harry movie, the 1971 one titled just that, Dirty Harry. "Harry enjoyed a righteous kill," said one analyst.
Yes, I wonder but what the Dirty Harry series of movies furthered the believe that killing is justified when a person committing a crime is the one to be killed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mevxenJ6Mtc
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/billcontainers/69927AF4ADC701DA8725781C00628B16/$FILE/077_01.pdf
Colorado Revised Statute 18-1-704.5
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