"pop a cap in someone's ass" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1994, Pulp Fiction",
          "text": "I been sayin' that shit for years. And if you heard it, that meant your ass. I never gave much thought to what it meant. I just thought it was some cold-blooded shit to say to a motherfucker before I popped a cap in his ass. But I saw some shit this mornin' made me think twice.",
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          "text": "The older teen was coming from \"Tilt,\" the second floor arcade, when the shooter confronted him, threatened to \"pop a cap in (his) ass,\" and, after the victim assumed what eyewitnesses say was a fighting stance, apparently did.",
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          "text": "I'll give you thirty seconds to get out of here before I pop a cap in your ass. C'mon, move it. I'm counting now, one, two, three—better get your ass movin', four...\"\nCarter started running, expecting to hear the shot and feel the rip of a bullet in his back.",
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