[Dragaera] The New Palace

[Martin Wohlert]

> From: lincicum at comcast.net
 
> ----- "Michael Wojcik" <mwojcik at newsguy.com> wrote: 
> > Jon%20Lincicum wrote: 
> > > 
> > > If a highwayman is clever, he never has to fire his weapon, anyway. 
> > > It's used as a threat, so I don't know that this is as big a drawback. 
> > 
> > This is an interesting point. Is a flashstone useful as a threat? If a 
> > random tough steps into the road holding a small rock, and claims it's 
> > a flashstone, would the fat[1] merchant in question believe it? It 
> > seems like obvious threats would work better than ones the victim has 
> > to take on faith. 
> 
> When a hoodlum sticks up a convenience store with a handgun, how do you know it's loaded? 
> 
> How about if he's just got a gun-shaped lump in his pocket that he sticks at you, menacingly? 
> 
> Is this a credible threat? 
> 
> As with any threat, I'd say it's only effective so long as a) it is not just a bluff, or b) if it is a bluff, the bluff is not called. 
> 
> I think Vlad made a similar observation to Verra in /Issola/ regarding threatening the Jenoine... 
> 
> Majikjon 

In Sweden it's much harder to get a gun than in the States (and we can't really get why you all need an arsenal each either...),
and it's not that uncommon that robbers use airsoft guns, or even fake guns made from lego bits and electrical tape.

/Martin
 		 	   		  
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