[Billy]

I've never practiced any of these techniques but my experience tells me you know what your doing, my only knowledge of affecting others is by pulling them from their dreams into my waking state and manipulating the surroundings to what ends I desire. And as you said if somebody has a loaded gun then that doesnt nescessarily mean that they will use it. I also believe that these require a high level of control and applied will which is out of most peoples grasp.