but here is a later irony...armed with this bit about carelessness, Michael decides to send one man with a small caliber pistol to kill his archenemy Barzini,
and as it turns out he has to shoot him at a range that was nearly impossible to guarantee death.
...ah, yes indeed...but then, Neri had been a cop, and the "good guys" (even former good guys) always prevail in the movies.
