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A villain enters a gun store and shows interest in various firearms. The clerk eagerly shows the potential customer every piece he is interested in. The villain picks up one of the guns, examines it and loads it with ammunition provided by the clerk. He then calmly shoots the clerk, collects the guns and ammo and leaves the store. This term is sort of the ultimate extension of the Five-Finger Discount. Averting this trope is the cause for Shoplift and Die.

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  • Ballistic Discount
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  • A villain enters a gun store and shows interest in various firearms. The clerk eagerly shows the potential customer every piece he is interested in. The villain picks up one of the guns, examines it and loads it with ammunition provided by the clerk. He then calmly shoots the clerk, collects the guns and ammo and leaves the store. This term is sort of the ultimate extension of the Five-Finger Discount. Averting this trope is the cause for Shoplift and Die.
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  • A villain enters a gun store and shows interest in various firearms. The clerk eagerly shows the potential customer every piece he is interested in. The villain picks up one of the guns, examines it and loads it with ammunition provided by the clerk. He then calmly shoots the clerk, collects the guns and ammo and leaves the store. Decidedly not Truth in Television. For one, you're relying on the dealer to allow you to load the weapon in front of him, and the dealers already know these stories themselves. Anyone who does try to load a weapon in a gun store outside of a shooting range will likely find the dealers and any customers will act more quickly than he will. To top it off, for the most part display guns don't have firing pins installed, so even if you manage to load the weapon and point it at the clerk without being shot, the gun in your hands is harmless. Even if you bring your own weaponry, well -- you're still robbing the one type of store in the entire world where the clerk is guaranteed to have access to firearms and know how they work. Needless to say, in most real life stories the idiot robber gets nothing more for his trouble than a Darwin Awards nomination. This term is sort of the ultimate extension of the Five-Finger Discount. Averting this trope is the cause for Shoplift and Die.
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