And Bullets Flew Everywhere…

In romantic suspense it's pretty common to have at least one gun fired, if not more. If the heroine isn't in jeopardy, she's the kick-ass kind, and likely to be be the one doing the firing.

It makes for grand fiction, and helps raise your heart rate as you read it.

Fact is, a real gun fight is almost placid in comparison.

It takes a lot of shouting and anger and emotion for humans to get to the point of actually firing a gun, because most of us know that once you pull a gun, you have to fire it ...