http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7480483.stm

Who points a gun at a 3 year old? The first rule on stage, with blanks or starter pistols, is that you never actually point the weapon at the target anyhow.

Oddly enough he was reading "A Catcher in the Rye" j/k

It was a demonstration, with a crowd in a circle around it. I don't think he was aiming at the targets.