That...doesn't really help your case, seeing as how the killer could still get last week's incentive this week by killing a deadweight. Which is exactly what happened.

[He sighs.] But I'm not about to let what happened last week interfere with what happens this week either. You're right - it probably would bias a lot of people against you if this got out. And it'd be totally unfair if the real killer got away because of it. So I'll keep my mouth shut.

But you're not getting the gun back unless you can give me a very good reason for it. If you were ready to use it last week, you might be ready to use it another week.