Me: Don’t worry Fluttershy, Twilight and Pinkie, I will find you and find the kidnapper who kidnapped you three! No matter what! I will fight for what I love! Never lose hope! When there’s a will and there’s a way!

Flash Sentry: You’ve been practicing for this, have you?

Me: Yes I have, in heroic way.

Me: cocks rifle and holds up to the kidnapper’s head You have exactly 15 seconds to untie them, ungag them and and dive off this yacht!
 
Kidnapper: Oh yeah, well I’m not going to*
 
Me: presses the rifle barrel harder into his head Now it’s 5 seconds!
 
Kipnapper: OK, OK, I’ll untie them get outta here just don’t hurt me!
 
Me: And I’ll be watching to make sure you stick to it!
 
Kidnapper: unties all three girls and dives off the yacht
 
Flutty: kisses me Oh honey-bun, thank you, thank you, thank you!
 
Me: No problem my little angel.
 
Twilight: One question though.
 
Me: Yeah what is it?
 
Twilight: points to the rifle Is that rifle really loaded?
 
Me: Nope, it’s not I just use it for self-defense and to pressure wrong doers into bailing and setting you girls free.
 
Twilight: Ok, good, because I literally thought you we’re actually gonna shoot him.
 
Me: I would never do that in either of those conditions. Only when someone actually tries to attack me, that I shoot it.
 
Pinkie: giggles That was honestly funny how you made him untie us when broke down from the fear and pressure he was having, think you would shoot him!
 
Me: In a way, yeah, it was kinda funny!
 
We all laughed
 

 
In all seriousness, I would never ever hold a gun to someone’s head to get them to let go of someone being held hostage, but, instead I’d think about the situation and how bad it is, then determine the correct method to use that would fit the the most.