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Edward_de_Vere — 13 years ago(March 12, 2013 02:38 PM)

When Clifford initially pursues the murderer with the intent of killing him, the only weapon he has is a lock needle. Since [SPOILERS] Clifford eventually catches up with the murderer and finishes him off with a gun, why did he decide on such a strange and limiting weapon to begin with? Even a knife would have been more reliable and effective.

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The long gun the husband had appeared to be a pump action .22cal. The kind used in carnival shooting galleries. The magazine tube was to small for shotgun shells.

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I assume he wanted to be able to claim self defence or something so he wanted to use an improvised weapon rather than a clearly offensive one. a plan which might have had a better chance if he hadn't told a cop about it beforehand (old friend or not)
still, when the husband pulls out a shotgun I couldn't help laughing at the idea that an ex-cop turned private investigator in pursuit of a killer didn't seem to have a gun (of course it later turned out he did) and yet this guy had a bloody shotgun!

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