# MOUSE\_DOWN issue

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-down-issue/312685
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 10, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-down-issue/312685 "2010-08-10T15:20:48Z")
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### Author: ![DJR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@DJR](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DJR)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-down-issue/312685/1 "2010-08-10T15:20:48Z")

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Hi All,  
I was wondering if anyone could help me…  
I have the following game:  
[dev.multimedi8.com](http://dev.multimedi8.com)  
I assign the following event listener at the top of frame 1:

```auto
crossHair.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, shoot);

```

But it doesn’t trigger on every MOUSE\_DOWN. Does anyone have any ideas what could be causing the problem? I mean it should at least get called on every mouse press right?

Forgot to mention all the germ movieclips are created inside a holding movieclip:

```auto
mc.addChild(germ)

```

Thanks for your time