"(After ensuring the gun was unloaded) one of us would point the pistol right at the other's head."<p>Fail. Absolute fail.<p>We say "the gun is always loaded" even when we "know" it is not, because if we never, ever point a gun at something that we don't want to destroy, we will never make that one in a million mistake.<p>Fail. Sorry for the forcefulness, but this kind of gun "play" always deserves to be called out and discouraged.