In westerns, why doesn't one guy just shoot the other one

Dueling laws

When someone draws, the other is just acting in self-defense.

a little thing called honor, kid

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>>84187923
the longer you wait, the more damage the bullet will deal

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>things women will never understand

L O N D O N

>>84187923
See >>84188323

You're making it "legal" by having the other guy draw.

based frogposter

>>84187923
they're not niggers

>>84187923
the unfairly shot guy would automatically win because the other guy broke the rules

>>84187923
>frog
bump

>>84190632
this

and also its a nerve wracking situation and being hesitant to maybe die in a second is understandable

the legality doesn't really matter in clint eastwood situatons where there is no one around but most of the time duels take place in towns with people watching

>>84193270
Get three coffins ready

>what is honor

Are you a roastie or something?

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>>84190048
>he's a chargfag
spamming the buster > single charged shot

guns back then had a little handcrank you had to turn to power them up, thats why they're fidgeting with the gun while its still by their side

>>84187923
this actually does happen in

Wide Open Range

good kino

>dumbasses not understanding mexican standoffs
the first to draw is committing attempted murder, the second is shooting in self defense
also consciously drawing and firing a gun is slower than reflexively firing a gun
the chances are pretty much 50/50

>>84188323
>>84190632
>>84193270
No you don't you stupid redditors. Duels were still illegal and it doesn't count as self defense if you willingly engage the situation. Just like it isn't self defense to suggest a fight and then let the other hit first.

This isn't how law works and you can't just outsmart it like in cartoons. Especially someone retarded like you you fucking redditors.

>>84201596
boo fucking hoo
sometimes movies aren't realistic you faggot

>>84197885
Don't talk to your mother that way

>>84187923
that's called honor, jew

>>84201724
You are the faggot
>OP asks question
>uh ayckshully i know from historical duelling laws the explanation for this i happen to be an expert
>those weren't the historical duelling laws
>boohoo everything isn't like it was in history you faggot
Just admit you made a retarded mistake

>>84203002
No, you are a faggot.
>OP's question is answered
>continues sperging out
>muh laws
>muh I lived back in the 1800's so I know
get the fuck out nigger

>>84187923
>The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Rob Ford
>Ford shoots James in the back of the head whil he doesn't even have his gun on him.
>Coward

It's pretty self explanatory.

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>>84188280
This.
Back in the 19th century duels were legal. I believe they fell under "justifiable homicide".

If you kill a man I a duel you acted in self defense and within the law.

If you bushwhack a man, you've killed him in cold blood. That's what we call murder.

>>84204138
Your thinking 18th century, though most states would outlaw the practice before too long. True standoffs were rare, most gunfighters ambushed people, the best documented stand off would be the gunfight in thombstone.

>>84197913
He's probably talking about McCree and not MegaMan.

OP is probably a minority

>>84204346
Or a woman.