"You wanna handle that thing like it's a stick of dynamite -- somethin' that can go off anytime. Hammer ain't cocked right now, but you always treat a gun like it's loaded and ready to fire. That way, you don't shoot off your foot or somebody else's."
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"You get used to it."
A nod toward the gun.
"You wanna handle that thing like it's a stick of dynamite -- somethin' that can go off anytime. Hammer ain't cocked right now, but you always treat a gun like it's loaded and ready to fire. That way, you don't shoot off your foot or somebody else's."
A beat.
"Without meanin' to, anyway."