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Re: Why Mike throw his handgun after dumping the Turk.
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06/19/06 09:43 AM
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Paratroopers, when a shooting occurs in the US, the murder weapon is the strongest evidence that can be used against the accused. If the police find the gun on the accused, and ballistic tests prove that it was the murder weapon, he will be convicted. That's why Michael had to drop the gun immediately. That way, if a policeman entered the restaurant almost immediately and arrested him, he wouldn't have the gun in his possession. And fewer restaurant patrons would have seen him with the gun.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
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Re: Why Mike throw his handgun after dumping the Turk.
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06/21/06 12:27 PM
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Yes - it eliminates the possibility of him being caught with the firearm in his possession, and the remote possibility he might be drawn into a second shooting - or providing an excuse for policeman to shoot him in the head, because he is armed.
It also means the murder weapon will be found at the scene, so a detective can't "invent" a weapon and place it on anybody
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Re: Why Mike throw his handgun after dumping the Turk.
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07/04/06 05:00 AM
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Originally posted by paratroopers: Oh, I see. It seemed very different with our country policemen detective methods. Though our police need evidences for accuring suspect, 'imaginary' evidences is enough. "Imaginary evidence" is sometimes enough in this country, too, if the authorities want to get you badly enough.
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Re: Why Mike throw his handgun after dumping the Turk.
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09/07/06 06:58 PM
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...i too was very uneasy reading the section of the novel where michael is being prepped for the assassination of sollozzo and mccluskey and being told he must drop the gun at the scene. even with the special tape preventing his fingerprints from being left on the weapon, could he not have accidently put his prints on the gun when he fumbled for it in the restaurant washroom? way too risky. and all those witnesses. i kept thinking, no take that gun with you michael corleone and toss it into the river. but to leave it right there on the floor with two dead bodies - one of whom is the chief of police - felt like a mistake. get rid of the gun. if they trust michael to go all the way through with this massively important killing, can he not be trusted to dispose of a pistol? check out my movie ideas: www.callumhouston.com
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Re: Why Mike throw his handgun after dumping the Turk.
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09/10/06 06:59 PM
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...michael's brother sonny used him ruthlessly to assassinate the corleone enemies. i was wondering why michael was so willing to risk his life and freedom that way. my guess is he was still in soldier-mode, having recently arrived back in america from active combat duty. in his mind going to kill mccluskey and sollozzo was no different from killing enemies in the battlefield and he saw it as a military operation. plus he was still young, the bravado of youth... my movie ideas: www.callumhouston.com
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Re: Why Mike throw his handgun after dumping the Turk.
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09/16/06 01:02 PM
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Originally posted by olivant: Remember, in the novel, Michael tells Vito that it's not just out of revenge for Appolonia and Sonny that he is doing this. He told him that it's also the right thing to do. So, his nature is to view murder as right. Don't fool yourself into thinking that. Mike, just like Vito, took EVERYTHING personally and revenge was done for personal reasons, not because it was "right".
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Re: Why Mike throw his handgun after dumping the Turk.
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07/12/07 09:02 AM
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And when they killed Parlie the gun was also left in the car. I remember the novel said it was to terrify the potential betrayer in the family.
One has only one destiny, he cannot choose it.
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Re: Why Mike throw his handgun after dumping the Turk.
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07/14/07 10:33 AM
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Did Connie eat antidote beforehand, just wondering?
One has only one destiny, he cannot choose it.
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