Rule of gun safety - you never point a gun at anyone. Ever.
The story is really sad as it doesn't sound like he wanted to kill his friend. But even with rubber bullet, it would be a terrible thing to be shot in the face.
For hiccups, I used to get the ALL the time after dinner. I understand that they don't serve any purpose, and are an evolutionary reflex held over from when fish had gills. I wonder if that is what they are feeling when they are out of the water.
Scaring never worked for me, but I found drinking water from the opposite side of a cup would work, or even a spoon full of sugar (sometimes.) Eventually I got so I could relax that part and consciously get them to stop. It takes some metal focus and some calm time.
It is so nice to be to consciously turn them off.







