There's an old Chinese axiom...
"Never run TOWARD man with gun unless you have bigger gun. You run away, you live longer!"
Most people that know their neighbors for many many years...they know if the neighbor has some heat and what type.
Those poor souls walked towards the guy as he was aiming his small pistol at them and continue arguing with him.
You'll be surprise at people with
boiling anger will not be able to see the obvious danger in front of their own two eyes as they are spewing out more hateful words...its a classic example of not being in control and lacking experience in rural combat situations.
Stories of people being shot and still arguing without knowing they were shot...crazy what
adrenaline can do to you in a bad situation.
Simply,
they were in shock after the first shots and being shot...no attempts to get up and run to safety or crawl away by the woman on the ground.
That guy knew the first time he shot them...it wasn't lethal which is why he went back inside his house to get something more powerful to finish off the couple.
Glad the guy didn't try to get shots off to the bystanders that came out briefly to see what's going on. Strangely, even the bystanders that heard the shots and saw the victims on the ground...
The bystanders seemed in disbelief too until the guy came out the 2nd time. Bystanders smart up very fast and got the hell out of there.
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