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3rd Dec 2023

Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

Question: Why don't Riggs and Murtaugh pick up one of the dead criminals' guns upon running out of ammunition?

Answer: There's no reason given, but I have often seen this same scenario in movies where the good-guy characters thwart or ambush the villain, then run off, leaving the weapon behind. The villain comes to and resumes the chase with the gun. I can understand a non-law enforcement person doing this, but not two experienced cops. It's a dumb, silly plot trope to maintain suspense.

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