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Tammy
We get it that you did not like being criticized for having you finger on the trigger. I mean, we get it OK. I do it too I am afraid but I shouldn’t.
We get it that you did not like being criticized for having you finger on the trigger.
We get it that you did not like being criticized for having you finger on the trigger.
We get it that you did not like being criticized for having you finger on the trigger.
Anyone know what time Tammy will be on FOX today? I had to take a phone call when she was talking about it on the show today and I don’t see anything here announcing the time. . . . Thanks!
Yes, from a purely training-doctrine aspect, it is a breach of procedure that a finger is on the trigger of a firearm that is not being held in immediate anticipation of firing.
Here’s something else: it might not be possible for a person to bend their wrist at 90 degrees to their forearm while holding a handgun in the pictured manner, with the trigger finger straightened and pressed along the gun’s frame away from the trigger and out of the trigger guard, without uncomfortable or painful ligament strain.
Finally, there is the subjective: the photo is meant to say a certain something, perhaps not easily expressed in words. To some eyes, having the trigger finger “ready” is part of that.
Tammy, I believe that you conduct yourself safely when actually at the range practicing. And I’m sure you’ve discovered that that finger placement on your trigger would give you excellent leverage and control for double-action shooting, especially with a small-frame .38 like Snuffy, using good powerful defensive ammo.
I love that photo, and always like it when a woman exercises her Second Amendment right.
I’ve had some more thoughts on the trigger issue, spurred by these excerpted words posted by a now-banned user (deservedly, IMO):
“Since the hand normally prefers to work as a unit – as in grasping – separating the function of the trigger-finger from the rest of the hand takes effort. The five-finger grasp is a deeply programmed reflex. Under sufficient stress, and with the finger already placed on the trigger, an unexpected movement, misstep or surprise could result in a negligent discharge.”
The thoughts are actually visual memories of incidents observed during time spent as a range officer in a commercial setting, and surprising myself during personal shooting drills with the discovery that it happened to me too.
The observations revealed that sometimes, folks who were running high-speed reaction/shooting drills lost a bit of time firing their first shot after the draw. Their trigger fingers were out of the trigger guard, “properly” extended straight along the gun frame above the trigger. When the speed of the drill got to a certain level, it indeed took too much effort for them to “separate the function of the trigger finger from the rest of the hand”, and the time lost was due to the “deeply programmed reflex” of the five-finger grasp preventing their trigger finger from moving down to the trigger, and their hand squeezed the whole gun. The fractions of time it took to recognize what had happened and make correction could, in theory, allow an armed enemy to get in the first telling shot. A sobering thought, that.
It may be that when adrenalin hits a certain level, the fine senses of touch and perception necessary for finessing the “perfect” trigger finger movement are overridden. Since most of the situations in which we may use firearms to defend self, loved ones, or other things worth defending come with high adrenalin levels, basic instructional doctrine may be very lacking. It might be a better thing to acquire and learn to use firearms intended for defensive purposes whose triggers are not light in pull weight, and which have simple, robust, and reliable mechanisms. Taking advanced training courses will render huge benefits, too. And, if one is in a stressful confrontational situation, especially home defense, it is highly likely that anyone or anything being defended is safely behind the muzzle of your firearm, secured in a safe room. Therefore, anything that startles you into firing a sudden shot is, in all probability, something that needed to be shot. I am not talking about an active house-clearing procedure, but rather defending a fixed location, such as a master bedroom, with the field of potential fire to the front.
From my range officer experiences, I can say that rather than Trigger Naziism, it is far more critical where the muzzle of a firearm is pointing. If there is a negligent discharge, then a safely-directed muzzle will greatly reduce the possibility of someone being wrongfully harmed.
And here’s one more for the Trigger Nazis. Tammy, I hope you’ve bought your stock in Depends and Metamucil…
http://tinyurl.com/63jvc3
(Sorry about the monster-length link; I’ve yet to learn how to keep things neat and condensed down to a single word.)
[Please use http://www..tinyurl.com in the future to shorten urls. I’ve done it for you here but I’m beginning to consider just deleting messages that use long web addresses. And great pic, btw 🙂 Thanks–Jim]
Maybe, in Trigger Naziism, this makes the entire existence of the United States illegitimate, and they’ll have to find a new pansy country to live in. For ease of language assimilation, England is a good start, IMO. I propose that the ship carrying them be named the “Sissyflower”.
Jim – thank you for your tolerance of my ineptness, for your willingness to correct it, and for your support in praising the pic. I want you to know that upon seeing what had transpired, I went to tinyurl.com’s homepage and bookmarked it in my browser, so I can find it easily and learn to use it if the situation repeats itself.
Somewhat sheepishly—-c_g