TOW #10 Image Psycho-Pass Episode 11

Though this isn't so much a standalone picture, I deemed this specific screenshot of the animated sci-fi dystopian series Psycho-Pass to hold enough symbolic value and depth to be analyzed in this week's TOW. In this picture, the gun in the woman's left hand has the ability to measure the likelihood of a person committing a crime, in her right hand is a standard rifle. This scene symbolizes the capacity of human morality and judgement vs the defined social ethics defined by society. The gun in this police officer's left hand is symbolic of the judgement of society. In this show's scene, a terrorist/kidnapper/murderer, has been incorrectly deemed to not be a latent criminal and as such the trigger has automatically locked itself. However, the officer, who has seen this man commit his crimes, is now confused. The police force has not used their own individual discretion to judge a person's capacity for commiting a crime in what is assumed to be several generations. The woman must do her job and subdue the criminal, and tries to use her own judgment, as symbolized by the manual, more archaic rifle. However, she is clearly holding the rifle (a two handed weapon) with a single hand, while her other is preoccupied with the other currently locked and useless gun, representing her uncomfort and outright refusal to abandon the judgment of society she has relied on for so long. As a result, she misses her shot with the rifle entirely and fails to capture the villain right in front of her. By using the two guns, this scene acts as a commentary on people's morality and their expression of judgement, saying that our decision making and ideas of morality are shaped by our society around us and as a result, a clear injustice or wrongdoing  may be in front of us may never be put to justice because people are too preoccupied with their society's view on something rather than one's personal discretion.