[QUOTE]Originally posted by stavka:

Guns are around all the time, and none of the time; the fact that Fredo has a .38 Special when he is driving his father one day shouldn't mean much of anything.


Yet Michael never carries a gun on him until he becomes a "made man". In fact before the hit Clemenza has to show him how to handle a gun. If Freddo had a gun on him before, this would suggest that he was in the muscle end of the family.