CharleyTuna,

"You all missed the point. And now Im afraid I must execute you. And I will start with the weakest link !"

Well, all good things start with yourself. - If the point's missed, what's your point?

You are correct Charley, no doubt it is a preditory world, but there is more to life than predation -survival of the fittest is not the only purpose nor the only law of life.
From the highest stand point, there may well be no crime in killing, perhaps no crime in murder per-se. For the crime is really the wasting of a life, and that may be committed without killing. It may be committed by maiming another, incapacitating or confining them, physically, emotionaly, or mentally. To render someone's life a waste by abusive or confining treatment might even be considered in the eyes of God a worse crime than to kill them, for at least in death they might go on to life beyond, or perhaps return and live again. But we cannot judge because we cannot see the greater picture, nor can we see a soul's life purpose.
But we can know this: That right and wrong is not measured just by what we do, but also by our motive. For it is not just what we do that matters but also why we do it, and the "why" of what we did is what we've really done. Even the laws of state recognise this fact and take into consideration both motive and effect.
Now those of us who are observant can witness that all the universe is cyclic in its operation -the planets and the stars go round in cycles, every machine that has been made turns around in cycles, every system in our bodies, our circulation, nerves and breathing, the weather of our planet, even our personality is cyclic, for who does not think and feel again and then again what they have thought and felt before, and even act again as acted out before, despite their efforts for change, our forward struggle is not a straight line but a spiral. And we with our little but persistent and powerful turning cycles interact with greater cycles, and every little ripple we set up comes around and back to us again. And so we reap the consequences, not just from what we do but also from why we do it. Karma is a multi-layered thing. A good deed done of cunning evil motive will reap its own reward, as will a wrongful deed committed with innocent motive. Necessary killing, done for survival, to provide food, to protect oneself and others, done for a just and rightful reason and with a healthy heart, is understood even by our little human courts with their paper laws. The mighty laws of nature are not paper laws, they are living laws, they have life, intelligence and movement of their own, and agents that are not corruptible. So kill, Charley, if you will, but know your cause, know your motives, and the state of your heart, for on these you will be judged as much as on your deed and on your deed's effect on others. Regardless that you may disbelieve in the law of right and wrong, you will answer for your deeds and for both your motive and effect, both together and apart, you will answer for them, to the law of consequence.