here is some thing that nobody has proposed , rancher is carring his gun ,wife beside him , he is close to the bull or standing over him cops comes up behind him and either say something or put a hand on his shoulder AUTOMATICLY he swings around gun swings with him , it's now pionted at the cop who gets wounded,

so as the rifle swings around [ ] fill in the blank.

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