Firefly gun safety question
POSTED BY: Bytemite
UPDATED: Saturday, January 22, 2011 04:17
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Hmm. Conflicting notes: Mal NOT surrendering his service piece to ambushers in the comics, versus him stashing it in a bin when going to see the twins in the movie. I guess it's dependent on whether he expects he can get it back.
Although maybe the fact that Mal goes back to the bins suggests he doesn't usually carry concealed weapons.
I've decided I may need some further clarification on why he's not bringing his main piece, maybe I'll be able to dip into the psychological angle there. The unease about not wearing it when it's been a reliable constant going into a fight, versus the real fear of it being permanently confiscated. I think I can do that.
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it could also be that the reason he put the gun the ONLY reason is because the meet with the twins was an agreed upon unarmed meeting. mal is pretty honorable and since he would want the twins to be unarmed (and hopefully honorable about it) he might do the same.
so if in your story he cant go openly armed but he has no honor bound reason to go fully UNarmed i can see him having a hide away stashed somewhere on his person or on the mule or where ever maybe in his pretty floral bonnet
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Dunno if this has been mentioned or not but I was watching 'Trash' today and thought of this thread when I saw the scene where Mal and YoSaffBridge get back on the shuttle after their caper. Mal makes a point of taking his gun from SOMEWHERE and putting it in his holster which he had hanging on the wall there 'so that YSB can steal it'.
Just thought it might be worth a look, it's difficult to see where he actually pulls it from but it's definitely quite concealed and it almost looks like he just pulls it out of his pocket or belt or something.
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Interesting, I'll check on this.
Not sure. Looking at the screen captures, it looks like he walks into the scene with it drawn, reaches his opposite arm over to a ring or hook on the wall, then reholsters his gun.
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Originally posted by Bytemite:
Interesting, I'll check on this.
Not sure. Looking at the screen captures, it looks like he walks into the scene with it drawn, reaches his opposite arm over to a ring or hook on the wall, then reholsters his gun.
That's likely, so I think a better place to look would be the confrontation with Haymer, where he first draws it.
I do not need the written code of a spiritual belief to act like a decent human being.
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He had it stashed in the flowers.
In the shuttle, he had it in his backpocket. Check out when he gets up from the pilot seat.
But, it appears he didn't have it when they fought the guards outside.
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:o
Wow, good eye. I guess that makes some sense, he doesn't have his holster. But... he was sitting with it in a back pocket?
o.0 Mal, you're a crazy guy. Thank goodness they modded the prop gun to only shoot blanks...
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