“Moroni’s petition was not to kill whoever chose not to fight. Notice that there was not time for a trial (Alma 51:19). Five years later, the men of Pachus, also king-men, ‘received their trial, according to the law’ and those who would ‘fight against [their country] were put to death.’ This action was taken ‘for the safety of their country’ (Alma 62:9–10). In a similar situation today, the same action may be justified. Notice also that the dissenters were given the choice to defend their country or be put to death (Alma 51:15). Moroni’s actions put an end to the king-men and to the stubbornness and pride of those ‘who professed the blood of nobility’ (v. 21)” (Nyman, Record of Helaman, 115).