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(4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
2023-06-17 11:53:37
Discussing a trope's scope and whether or not certain examples fit is for Trope Talk.

I have a question regarding Reckless Gun Usage. The description says it occurs when somebody unfamiliar with firearms handles it in an unsafe manner that endangers themselves or others. Some of the examples, however, simply don't fit this. Tommy Devito from Goodfellas is listed. Tommy is familiar with guns (he's been a gangster his whole life), he's just too crazy and irresponsible to care. P-40 pilot Wild Bill from 1941 is listed, but he's a military pilot whose familiar with guns and his aircraft, he's just also too crazy and irresponsible to care. There are other examples on the page in a similar vein. I think there's a lot of overlap between this trope and Artistic License Gun Safey, IMO. A lot of the examples do fit, such as the hobo in the Star Trek TOS episode "The City On The Edge Of Forever" accidentally vaporizing himself with Mc Coy's phaser.