i wasnt there but i speculate that he never knew what hit him let alone going for a gun. they shot him dead and thats all that matters.

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What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?

Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948), "Non-Violence in Peace and War"