"No.  No, I don't really mean it.  Because you can't.  If you tried it, your gun would go where my pistol went - and if you hurried him you'd probably go with it.  Duke, you don't know what you are fiddling with - and I don't either except that I know it's dangerous and you don't.  Mike is not 'gentle as a lamb' and he is not a savage.  I suspect we are the savages.  Ever raise snakes?"