You throw out that lame blunderbuss hinderance and you have Young Joe step up with the "gat". I thought this was the whole reason that weasily guy was coming at the end. To intoduce the other gun to the equation.

OR

You have Cid kill Old Joe to protect his mother. You mean to tell me this kid was going off and he wouldn't go off when this guy is trying to kill him and his mother?