When the jury returns with the verdict, Scout says: " it was like watching

Atticus walk into the street, raise a rifle to his shoulder and pull the trigger, but watching all the time knowing that the gun was empty." What is the significance of the empty gun?

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18 July, 08:28

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Sadie Pacheco · Answer 1

Very little because no one is going to walk down the street with a rifle a and pretend to use the gun like a toy

When the jury returns with the verdict, Scout says: " it was like watchingAtticus walk into the street, raise a rifle to his shoulder and pull the trigger, but watching all the time knowing that the gun was empty." What is the significance of the empty gun?