Atticus did not physically say that it was okay to kill a mad dog, but a reason can be found by inferring to Miss Maudies explanation of killing mockingbirds being sinful. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” What this says, is that it’s a sin to kill whatever does no harm. But in the case of a mad dog, which has a good deal of potential harm, as mentioned by Heck Tate multiple times. Resulting in that it was not a sin to kill a mad dog because of the harm it could cause if given the time.
~ Justin V.
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