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In Hollywood, where killing is constant and ubiquitous,
shootings are generally remarkably bloodless and free of
messy emotions. Hollywood directors must work from a standard
list of shooting scenes, each meant to be shown in slow motion:
the heroic good-guy shooting, which leaves the moaning yet
stoic character enough "live" time to sputter out the identity
of the killer and assuage his or her loved one's sadness; the
splat, whereby the bullet just goes in the forehead leaving
a clean wound that the audience can look at, thinking, "Wow";
the "boom boom boom" shooting, where the character is hit
repeatedly with bullets, falls, gets up, and tumbles again in
slow motion, taking shots that we know will spell the end--
eventually; and the "Look, Ma!" where the action hero dodges
hundreds of bullets without ever taking a hit.
The focus is almost always on the person receiving the bullet,
not the shooter. What are the shooters thinking as they pump
another bullet into another body? Who cares--that's entertain-
ment. But a real shooter is usually more complex than what
Hollywood offers. Some shooters are happy they've put a bullet
or two into somebody, and would gladly do it again. Others
agonize over what they've done. Regret is common. Fear is
pervasive. What's it really like to shoot another person? Let
these people tell you. Each one of them has pulled the trigger.
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