Not really. Lethal force is only justified to prevent imminent death or serious bodily harm to a human being.

So it's entirely understandable to want to kill someone for committing that kind of act but it's not justifiable unless you killed the guy while he was commiting the act.

Edit: you all can downvote me all you want but all this "I don't understand how someone could NOT murder a child molester!" shit seriously sounds like a bunch of white knighting. Murder is not an acceptable response to any heinous crime.

Not really. Lethal force is only justified to prevent imminent death or serious bodily harm to a human being.

So it's entirely understandable to want to kill someone for committing that kind of act but it's not justifiable unless you killed the guy while he was commiting the act.