if (mouseJoint != null)
        {
            if (Std.is(_owner.attacker,Player))
            {
                trace("checkpoint 1");
                var ragdollPlayer:Player = cast(_owner.attacker, Player);

                var chainsaw_muzzle:Bone = ragdollPlayer.spine.skeleton.findBone("muzzle");
                bone_src.x = chainsaw_muzzle.worldX;
                bone_src.y = chainsaw_muzzle.worldY;
                trace("checkpoint 2");
                mouseJoint.anchor1 = new Vec2(bone_src.x, bone_src.y);
                trace("checkpoint 3");
                uTorso.body.allowRotation = false;
                head.body.allowRotation = false;

                if (mouseJoint.space != null)
                {
                    if (FlxG.random.bool(2))
                    Utils.quickEmitPoint(FlxPoint.weak(bone_src.x,bone_src.y), "assets/img/particles/tiny_blood.png", 2, false);

                    if (FlxG.random.bool(1))
                    Utils.quickEmitPoint(FlxPoint.weak(bone_src.x, bone_src.y), "assets/img/particles/gib3.png", FlxG.random.int(1, 5), true, null, 0, 800);

                    if (FlxG.random.bool(1))
                    Utils.quickEmitPoint(FlxPoint.weak(bone_src.x, bone_src.y), "assets/img/particles/gib4.png", 1, true, null, 0, 800 );

                    if (FlxG.random.bool(1))
                    Utils.quickEmitPoint(FlxPoint.weak(bone_src.x, bone_src.y), "assets/img/particles/gib6.png", 1, true, null, 0, 800 );

                    if (FlxG.random.bool(1))
                    Utils.quickEmitPoint(FlxPoint.weak(bone_src.x, bone_src.y), "assets/img/particles/gib5.png", 1, true, null, 0, 800 );

                    if (FlxG.random.bool(1))
                    Utils.quickEmitPoint(FlxPoint.weak(bone_src.x,bone_src.y), "assets/img/particles/gib7.png", 1, true, null, 0, 800);

                    if (FlxG.random.bool(40))
                    {
                        ParticlesGroup.emit(FlxPoint.weak(bone_src.x,bone_src.y), BaseParticle.blood_drop, 2,null,1, FlxColor.RED);
                        ParticlesGroup.emit(FlxPoint.weak(bone_src.x,bone_src.y), BaseParticle.blood_mist, 1, null, 1, FlxColor.RED);

                        //blood squirt
                        if (ragdollPlayer.spine.facing == FlxObject.RIGHT)
                            ParticlesGroup.emit(FlxPoint.weak(bone_src.x,bone_src.y), BaseParticle.blood_squirt, 1, null, FlxG.random.float(0.5,1), FlxColor.RED, null, false);
                        else
                            ParticlesGroup.emit(FlxPoint.weak(bone_src.x,bone_src.y), BaseParticle.blood_squirt, 1, null, FlxG.random.float(0.5,1), FlxColor.RED, null, true);
                    }
                }
                trace("checkpoint 4");
                if (!ragdollPlayer.player_shoot)
                {
                    head.body.allowRotation = true;

                    uTorso.body.allowRotation = true;

                //  uTorso.body.applyImpulse(new Vec2(ragdollPlayer.velocity.x , ragdollPlayer.velocity.y  ));

                    mouseJoint.space = null;
                    mouseJoint = null;

                    trace("mouseJoint is now null");
                }

            }
        }