The Tin Star Page #4

- You won't have time to learn.

I would if you'd show me.

- Take off the badge. Quit.

- I can't.

I'll be gone in a few days.

A few days might mean the difference.

It might.

Don't cock your gun

with the ball of your thumb,

it can slip in a gunfight.

Hit the hammer with

the whole joint of your thumb.

Your gun comes out cocked

as you jerk it for action.

There's a lot more to gunfighting

than just shooting at a mark.

You gotta keep cool,

have absolute confidence.

You lack confidence.

That's how you let Bogardus stop you.

- Yeah.

- And to have confidence,

you gotta keep a cool head.

Don't take any chances

you don't have to, but wait,

then end the fight with one shot.

- Wait?

- It's that time you wait

that means the difference between

missing a man and killing him.

- I don't wanna kill nobody.

- Then take your guns off.

A man ain't to be shot

without a chance to surrender.

Or make his fight.

As long as you wear that badge,

you gotta walk up,

tell him to throw them up and then

watch which way his hands move.

If they go up,

you got yourself a prisoner.

If they go down, he's dead,

or you are.

A decent man doesn't wanna kill,

but if you shoot, you shoot to kill.

How about hitting them in the arm?

That hokey-pokey gets you killed.

Guys brag about shooting a gun

out of a man's hand.

They're lying. They shot to kill.

- A wounded man can still kill you.

- Well, you did it.

With Bogardus, you hit his gun.

That wasn't my fight, that was yours.

I could take a chance.

What if you missed?

He'd have killed you,

or I'd have had to kill him.

Now, try it again.

Trunk's floated out.

- See that snag sticking up there?

- Yeah.

Draw fast, but don't snap shoot.

Take that extra split second.

- That was a man, you'd be dead.

- I got more shots.

You're dead.

You're not taking your time.

- I'd be dead if I slowed down.

- I didn't say to slow down.

Be fast when in action.

Be fast with your muscles,

but deliberate here.

Take that second,

pull the trigger once.

That's what counts, the first shot.

Point dead-center, fight's over.

Well, you didn't expect me

to hit it, did you?

Did you?

Let's see you try.

Well, it's kind of far.

That was just a matter of luck.

Who's that?

- Howdy, sheriff.

- Howdy.

- What are you shooting at?

- Just a mark. Where you going?

Town. Zeke and me

has run out of groceries.

The McGaffey brothers,

Zeke and Ed.

They got a place

the other side of Red Canyon.

Got some Indian blood,

haven't they?

You notice everything, don't you?

I notice you're wearing

your guns too low.

That's where Sheriff Parker wore his.

Parker's dead.

- How did he get it?

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