Sonic 1 is underrated. It's the only game in the franchise I feel truly rewards careful management of speed. That doesn't make it the best, Mania and 3K triumph over it in many ways and I'd argue Sonic 2 to be of an equal quality, but I think there's just as much merit to Sonic 1's "punish mindless speed, reward strategic speed" level design as the other games' "platforming is the challenge, mindless speed is the reward" level design.
Of course, people who actually get off on immediately shooting robbers or criminals no questions asked have a profound disrespect for human life and are very irresponsible. However, if you see someone breaking into your house and are a gun owner I think you should be able to threaten them to surrender with a gun before the police come, and if they get violent to the point that someone’s life is in immediate danger, then yes they should most likely be fired at.