Obviously he says that. For someone who bemoans guns so much, one would reasonably think he would have someone show him the gun was empty or loaded with the prop bullets.
He's an unreasonable *******. It's a shame that the law may favor this douchecanoe in this case.
Guns with blanks have killed people. You should never point a gun (loaded, unloaded, or loaded with blanks) at anything you don't want to kill.