Sorry If I misworded it or was misunderstood, I was asking if a person ever got himself shot while taking time to untie, not shooting himself. The shooting would have been by the "other guy", be it bushwaker, indian, sheriff, gunslinger or even your brother-in -law. Granted a thong can be untied in microseconds but by Hollywood standards that would be enough to get you killed. I was merely wondering if it ever happened in real life, a tied down gun would be at a disadvantage to untied one in a gunfight or ambush.