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No emotion, only "peace"
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He shot at me, they shot at me, it shot at me all mean distinctly different things to the average English speaker.
The first means that a man shot at you.
The second means that an unknown person shot at you.
The third means that an object or animal (a non-person) shot at you.
If someone said, "They shot at me," the immediate question is "Who shot at you?"
If someone said, "It shot at me," the immediate question is "What shot at you?"
Like it or not, "it" implies a non-person.