More Head of State/Government Shootouts With Assassins

Sachyriel

Banned
Wait, what?

One bullet was fired, making a shoot-out in terms.... but it was also an assassination that went horribly wrong, just for kicks. You don't like it? Implausible? :p So what, it's real to those poor imaginary people who had to bury them.
 

Sachyriel

Banned
What if Archduke Franz Ferdinand had been carrying a firearm on the 28th of June 1914? If he'd seen Gavrilo Princip begin to take aim, he would certainly have tried to fire back, but could he have reached his weapon in time? And would he have hesitated with Sophie in the way?

Maybe he has his gun in a shoulder holster and was reaching to scratch an itch on his chest or grab his pocket watch on the inside pocket of his coat (or re-adjust his gun holster, or change the volume on his hidden steam-punk radio receiver that was about to play a song he liked on the radio...) before the would-be assassin comes into play; that way he's going to pull it out in time, by mere coincidence. :cool:
 
Churchill carried a revolver all the way through the Second World War with the intention of shooting back if Hitler sent assassins after him, and it wasn't hollow bravado, he spent time on the range practising (according to his bodyguard's memoirs). So he's definitely a candidate.
 
In 1908, the king of Portugal and his heir were both fatally shot by assassins. The king died immediately, but Crown Prince Luis used his remaining 20 minutes productively, by trying to draw his own revolver and fire back.

*Crown Prince Luis goes up to Heaven's gate*
St. Peter: "what did you do during your time as God's anointed King?"
Crown Prince Luis: "Shot the shit out of some motherfuckers!"

If you took Bee's account of the affair in his own words, Crown Prince Luis didn't shoot the shit out of any motherfucker, as he only tried to draw his revolver.
 
If you took Bee's account of the affair in his own words, Crown Prince Luis didn't shoot the shit out of any motherfucker, as he only tried to draw his revolver.

My fault for not checking with an easily-available source before writing. The Wikipedia account of the assassinations, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbon_Regicide, says that Crown Prince Luis was able to get four shots off, and killed one of the attackers, between taking a shot to his chest and the fatal shot that hit him in the head.
 
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