Top three mythological creatures of American folklore:

1. Bigfoot
2. Mothman
3. The Responsible Gun Owner

I've never been to a wedding where tapping the side of a wine glass didn't immediately silence the room.

No idea why a gun would be necessary.

Apparently what was needed here was a good grandson with a gun.

That there is republican logic.

Friendly reminder that blanks aren't necessarily "safe".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon-Erik_Hexum

In a bullet, you have a primer, gunpowder, and the projectile itself. The hammer strikes the primer, sets off the gunpowder, and sends the projectile on its way.

A blank still has the primer and the gunpowder, but instead of a projectile, there's wadding which holds the whole thing together.

The common cause of injury is that the wadding is ejected with enough force to cause injury, in this case, it was the glue holding the wadding in that was blown out, injuring the child.

In the case of Brandon Lee, the gun had an actual bullet lodged in the barrel. When the blank fired, it ejected that bullet as well, killing Lee.

In the case of Halyna Hutchins and the Rust set, live firearms and rounds had been mixed and used interchangably with prop guns and blanks, WHICH SHOULD NEVER BE DONE, resulting in a real firearm with real ammunition being used on set.

I've been to a bunch of weddings, never thought, "you know what? This wedding could use more gunfire."

Also, if you need to use a gun to get people's attention at a wedding, you shouldn't be officiating it...

Everyone is a Responsible Gun Owner™ until they aren’t.

Did the grandson return fire?

Basically it’s the episode where Homer Simpson gets a gun.

Well, I'd say he successfully got everyone's attention