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1. Why does Lou say he doesn't need a weapon?

When the waitress questions why Lou does not carry around a weapon he tells her he does not need one. He thinks people are only aggressive when you are aggressive to them, for example if you pull a weapon on a drunk man his first instinct is to react in kind. Though people question his choice, he says he has never been proved wrong.

2. How does Lou deal with Joyce in Chapter 2?

Lou travels to Joyce Lakeland's house, a local prostitute. She thinks he is a customer until she comes back into her bedroom with Lou examining the gun she keeps in her drawer. She is even more angry when Lou reveal he is a policeman, attacking him with her fists and screaming that she hates cops. Calmly, Lou throws her onto the bed and beats her behind with his belt.

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