tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post1442850750220271728..comments2024-03-28T02:29:37.413-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Question of the DayAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-61123246764346665412010-09-01T00:13:22.917-05:002010-09-01T00:13:22.917-05:00Right, but also why throw down a good gun or a rev...Right, but also why throw down a good gun or a revolver, and take the shells.<br /><br />Maybe the cartidges were removed and the gun slipped from someone's pocket unnoticed. <br /><br />Maybe it was planted but the bullets removed; prevent discovery of the make of the bullet. ??<br /><br />It's perplexting, yes.Stephen B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-13271825152821087792010-08-29T21:27:21.093-05:002010-08-29T21:27:21.093-05:00Well, Bill, that was obviously a copy editor mista...Well, Bill, that was obviously a copy editor mistake. One with a neat freak fetish and an admiration for CSI.<br /><br />All good pistoleers know you don't recycle brass from a wheel gun.Mel Odomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09292281771732390287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-33553544260785414172010-08-29T20:55:42.032-05:002010-08-29T20:55:42.032-05:00Ran across something similar in a Robert B. Parker...Ran across something similar in a Robert B. Parker novel I read recently. Shooter was using a revolver and it made a point about him policing his brass. I'm wondering, "why? How many times did he reload?" It seemed like he only fired a few shots. I see this every now and then, but I wasn't expecting it from Parker.lastromantic49https://www.blogger.com/profile/15352300459560808405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-58336462088397029192010-08-29T15:32:19.685-05:002010-08-29T15:32:19.685-05:00The brass isn't ejected from a revolver anyway...The brass isn't ejected from a revolver anyway, so the scene makes no sense in more ways than one. What was the name of this gem?Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1017237405705550352010-08-29T13:17:30.929-05:002010-08-29T13:17:30.929-05:00I have to admit that the book tells a hell of a st...I have to admit that the book tells a hell of a story, but not much of it makes any sense at all, at least not to me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-27425413786789413502010-08-29T13:15:46.866-05:002010-08-29T13:15:46.866-05:00Crider, what's your problem? Did you think th...Crider, what's your problem? Did you think this was a "highly acclaimed crime novel" because everything in it makes sense? Exactly how high do you want to set the bar for "highly acclaimed" crime novels? Give an author who can tell a hell of a story but can't be bothered with trivialities like verisimilitude a break, willya?<br /><br />Geez, you Old School curmudgeons...Gar Haywoodhttp://www.wisdommistakenforlunacy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-59433326557553764352010-08-29T11:59:19.568-05:002010-08-29T11:59:19.568-05:00Maybe he's just a good recycler.Maybe he's just a good recycler.Terrill Lee Lankfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13455902708049372210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-81191270527938482462010-08-29T11:29:18.099-05:002010-08-29T11:29:18.099-05:00Tailor-made bullets with his name etched on the ca...Tailor-made bullets with his name etched on the casings? I'd look for a very vain shooter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-46930224237484861482010-08-29T08:50:17.420-05:002010-08-29T08:50:17.420-05:00maybe the shooter remembered his fingerprints were...maybe the shooter remembered his fingerprints were on the brass? Or the author saw one too many TV shows where the shooter policed his brass?sandra seamanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09786095189231150008noreply@blogger.com