What does “Cocking the gun” actually do in movie scenes. Why wouldn’t you just pull the trigger?

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What does “Cocking the gun” actually do in movie scenes. Why wouldn’t you just pull the trigger?

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In the movies, it’s show of force from one character to another. For the audience, it escalates the tension in the scene. Just pulling the trigger would not have the same effect.

In real life, cocking the gun reduces the amount of force you have to put on the trigger to make it fire.

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