I would definitly like to repeat another key point by someone else on a similar thread. Guns today and guns then were different. The speed both ejection from the gun and air speed are far less then the normal hand guns or rifles of today. Bullets back then would not go in a straight line once ejected from a gun, some bullets would move slightly to the left or right of the intended target. Morihei could have dodged the bullets. I've heard that it was very simple like this. The guns were fired (cue smoke) and before the gun captain could blink all his men were down before the smoke cleared. It is absolutely 100% possible that Morihei could dodge bullets, therefore I believe 100% that he did dodge bullets. Physical evidence and and scientific evidence substantiate this. I hope this turns into a good conversation. Should be fun.