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Rh the blow by the man on the defence can be delivered.

No one who will practise sufficiently the feat to be described now need be afraid to attempt the disarming of one who is trying to use a weapon upon another. The illustration shows a man who has drawn a revolver upon another man. The third man, who wishes to prevent a murder, leaps forward either at the side or from the rear. With his right hand he seizes the wrist of the would-be murderer's pistol hand, giving in the same instant the most vicious wrist-pinch he can employ. Also in the same instant the peacemaker employs his left hand to secure a firm pinch-hold at the middle of the upper arm of the man with the pistol. Considerable strength must be employed in jerking the would-be murderer's arm up and over backward. As the man's hand is brought down behind his back a swift pull will secure the weapon from him. This is a feat that should be practised often—always, of course, with an unloaded revolver. A few trials are needed before the idea is grasped, but every repetition of the attempt makes the task