Dear George, I think you did the wright thing because you did it the merciful way and less pain and you had him think of the farm which made him happy. "Lennie giggled with happiness. "An' live on the fatta the lan'." Where as if Curley was able to kill Lennie he would of shot him in the stomach with a shotgun. "I'm gonna get him. I'm going for my shotgun. I'll kill the big son-of-a-bitch myself. I'll shoot 'im in the guts." Latter on Curley says, "Shoot for his guts. That'll double 'im over." meaning that he wants Lennie to be chopped in half with the shotgun.
George was also planning ahead of every one because everyone rushed ahead to see the dead body of Curley's wife and you used that time to "borrow" Carlson's Lugger. "... and the men burst into the barn. Slim and Carlson and young Whit and Curley, and Crooks keeping back out of attention range. Candy came after them, and last of all came George." My interpretation of that is that he knew what he would have to do and so he did the one that would cause Lennie the least pain.
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