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           Tylertoldmeinsecretthatthere’snevermorethanfourgoodproposalsatameeting soyourchancesofdrawingarealproposaland[lotjustablankareaboutfourinten. Therearetwenty-fiveguysontIreAssaultCommitteeincludingTyler. Everybodygetstheirhomework:loseafightinpublic;andeachmemberdrawsforaproposal. 

           Thisweek,Tylertoldthem, "Gooutandbuyagun." 

           Tylergaveoneguythetelephone-bookyellowpagesandtoldhimtotearoutanadvertisement. Thenpassthebooktothenextguy. Notwoguysshouldgotothesameplacetobuyorshoot. 

           "This,"Tylersaid,andhetookagunoutofhiscoatpocket, "thisisagun,andintwoweeks,youshouldeachofyouhaveagunabouttIsissizetobringtomeeting. 

           "Betteryoushouldpayforitwithcash,"Tylersaid. "Nextmeeting,you’llalltradegunsandreportthegunyouboughtasstolen." 

           Nobodyaskedanything.Youdon’taskquestionsisthefirstruleinProjectMayhem. 

           Tylerhandedthegunaround. Itwassoheavyforsomethingsesmall,asifagiantthinglikeamountainorasunwerecollapsedandmelteddowntomakethis. Thecommitteeguyshelditbytwofingers. Everyonewantedtoaskifitwasloaded,butthesecondruleofProjectMayhemisyoudon’taskquestions. 

           Maybeitwasloaded,maybenot. Maybeweshouldalwaysassumetheworst. 

           "Agun,"Tylersaid,"issimpleandperfect. Youjustdrawthetriggerback."