[OKSooner]

It's still a case of "Pointing a weapon and pulling the trigger", though, that could be construed as a Freudian slip at the least. Speculation about weather it's loaded or not is meaningless, and anyone who would do such a thing cannot be trusted, especially in matters pertaining to personal safety.

I myself have ended a relationship with a certain relative, for life, over something not much different.

[armydoc]

It's still a case of "Pointing a weapon and pulling the trigger", though, that could be construed as a Freudian slip at the least. Speculation about weather it's loaded or not is meaningless, and anyone who would do such a thing cannot be trusted, especially in matters pertaining to personal safety.

The loaded vs unloaded distinction is far from meaningless. The difference in the level of negligence and irresponsibility between the two scenarios should be obvious.