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"shoot first" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You could use it in the context of a situation in which one needs to act quickly and decisively to deal with a problem. For example, "In a chaotic situation like this, the only way to act is to shoot first and ask questions later."
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Shoot first, ask questions later.
This is a true "shoot first" law.
"Shoot first, ask questions after".
They can shoot first if threatened.
They shoot first and talk later".
It breeds a shoot first, ask questions later mentality.
He may shoot you — therefore you have to shoot first".
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Shoot-first point guard.
"He's a shoot-first guy," Wallace said.
Not another shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later war.
Now he has that shoot-first style that comes out of knowing the truth.
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