Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-7603754-20160309202205/@comment-26879545-20160403100328

Quick reflexes or not, Stiles was caught off guard and panicked. Not to mention the fact he has ADHD, which he has to take Adderall for. His ability to focus is already impared without some mercenary throwing unloaded guns at him after she tells him she won't give him a gun.

Your "imagine" scenario is still unusable because, as I've said before, if they're in a fight, their guard is up, the Sheriff shouts a warning, and Chris would know the gun is coming.

Now, your example using myself and LadyX is assuming I wouldn't just shoot you instead. For argument's sake, let's say I do toss her the gun. I'd still shout her a warning ("Catch!") before tossing the gun (which I would never do because that's a very stupid thing to do). With that warning, there's still a chance she could drop it, but it's now a smaller chance because she's aware that it's being tossed to her. However, if I told her, prior to this stand off, that I will never give her a gun, and then toss it to her out of the blue, she would have had no reason to suspect I would throw the gun at her. It would catch her off guard, her fight-or-flight instincts kick in, and she'll probably panic.

That doesn't mean she can't handle a gun or use one. It just means she was caught off guard after having been told she would never receive a gun and then getting one thrown to her.