User blog comment:JAlbor/Wikia at E3 2012/@comment-220.255.2.33-20120527101916/@comment-1888015-20120527161438

The only thing that pissed me off about the Janissaries was that you couldn't smack their gun away. The amount of times they'd be standing within striking distance of you and then just whip it out and start edging backwards was annoying.

It sort of makes them more annoying when you consider you can't grab or kick them.