He has already given lawmakers a chance to shoot some things down in advance so they will feel part of the process.

I do and they'll shoot me down in cold blood.

What were they going to do, shoot me down in cold blood?

But before you shoot me down in flames, come up with something better yourself.

"Just as you will not shoot me down in the street without provocation."

I shot him down in the woods, three miles and more from Aspley.

"You meant to shoot me down in cold blood, and every man here witnessed the attempt."

"Why shouldn't we just shoot you down in cold blood?"

"Jean, would it be any easier for our women if we let these men shoot us down in cold blood?"

"If this is true then we just can't shoot them down in cold blood."