Violence sanctioned by admired figures and just ends becomes socially acceptable

Evidence

When good triumphs over evil through violent means, viewers are more favorably disposed to such means than if they are not socially sanctioned by admired characters. … Televised violence not only glamorizes gun violence, it even boosts sales of the types of gun that TV heroes favor (Diaz, Bandura_1e_ch03. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 763

Categorization

• CANDY: TV hero gun sales boost is a light, tweetable data point.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 763