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Originally Posted by Ecuadog

About 50 years ago, I worked for Art Shamsky and Phil Linz in a bar that they owned in Queens, NY. I was behind the bar late on a slow night when a couple came in. After about a half hour, the male half of the duo got annoyed because his female partner was paying too much attention to the DJ. He left the bar. He reentered minutes later, carrying a lever action rifle, and yelled, “Are you coming with me?” She didn’t move. He fired a shot into the ceiling and asked, “Are you coming with me now?” No one in the bar moved. He then tried to put another round in the chamber, but he was having trouble. Again, no one in the bar moved. While he’s trying to figure out his problem with the rifle, she walks to him, grabs him and they leave. I went to the front door, locked it, and went back behind the bar and started serving drinks on-the-house. Nobody called the police. There must have been someone in the joint that was heeled given its location near Pep McGuire’s, a nearby bar that was frequented by cops and crooks. It was almost like nothing happened. Nobody fled.

Theorize all you want. Whatever happens... happens.

Looks like a clear case in 2023 of defense of others up to the point his rifle jammed unless he then would have turned it around and used it as a club.