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thawntex · December 16, 2010, 11:27 AM

I have no definitive answer for the OP's question, but what astounds me is the assumption that Clay Duke's gun was loaded with blanks. Even after the gunfight ends you can hear a man proclaiming, "They're not real, I don't think. He had caps, Mike, that's what he wanted right there."

If someone is pointing a gun at you, does it not seem hazardous to assume that it's loaded with blanks and that the gunman only wants to harm himself and not you? And then, even after the guy points at you and fires, to continue to labor under the same assumption?

December 16, 2010, 11:27 AM	#33
thawntex Member Join Date: February 9, 2008 Posts: 84	I have no definitive answer for the OP's question, but what astounds me is the assumption that Clay Duke's gun was loaded with blanks. Even after the gunfight ends you can hear a man proclaiming, "They're not real, I don't think. He had caps, Mike, that's what he wanted right there." If someone is pointing a gun at you, does it not seem hazardous to assume that it's loaded with blanks and that the gunman only wants to harm himself and not you? And then, even after the guy points at you and fires, to continue to labor under the same assumption?