Social Media is Not the Place to Show off Your Dumbassery

[Catskillkid]

Social Media is a Great Place to Show Off Your Guns, Not Your Dumbassery

So what do you all think? Harmless, bad form, or utterly wrong in the extreme/dangerous. For me, having your finger on the trigger when not actually shooting is a big pet peeve of mine. I shoot with my uncle and cousin a lot and they tend to do this more than I like. Having said that is it really all that bad? Thoughts.

 

[Bananabandit]

Bad form, but as long as you double checked it to be empty..not all bad. The ones you see actually doing it more than likely didnt check. But I only do it for actual shooting or dry firing.

 

[GTN]

Not a good idea. But what I hate when someone post a picture of the finger on the trigger and the first 400 replies bash him for doing it. I think the OP got the message after the first two

 

[Bananabandit]

Not a good idea. But what I hate when someone post a picture of the finger on the trigger and the first 400 replies bash him for doing it. I think the OP got the message after the first two

But did he?

 

[GTN]

Know what I find funny is when it action was open and you can clearly see it is unloaded and they have the finger on the trigger but the first 400 replies still bash him for it

 

[Jmac00]

putting your finger on the trigger when you're showing off is bad form and a bad idea. two words ~~~ muscle memory ~~~ if someone gets in the habit of putting their finger on the trigger, regardless of it's battery condition, leads to putting your finger on the trigger when the gun is loaded. THIS IS HOW NEGLIGENT DISCHARGES HAPPEN.

Putting your finger on the trigger should be a deliberate act with the intention to pull the trigger. There is no other reason to put your booger hook and the bang switch, period

 

[Podmonkey]

This is more than bad form. Its dangerous. If you keep telling yourself its okay because you cleared it you still develop the dangerous and potentially deadly habit of having your finger on the trigger when it shouldn't be, and Murphy's Law dictates that this violation will occur at an instant when you have violated the others and then the ND happens. Gun safety is not a set of arbitrary rules, its a lifestyle, develop and maintain good and proper habits or neglect to and suffer the eventual consequences.
The guy with the HK is especially reckless as I bet that one was loaded.
And before some of you peshaw, imagine forna moment how you'd feel after you killed someone with an ND.
NDs happen, they happen every day and they happen because people become lackadaisical with their gun handling.

 

[thegatman]

It is just not right.

 

[dwa12479]

Complacency kills. If they'll do it once, they do it more. Bad form. I especially like the last photo of the guy who's obviously driving. He gets to be the President of Dumbfukistan today.

 

[Podmonkey]

Complacency kills. If they'll do it once, they do it more. Bad form. I especially like the last photo of the guy who's obviously driving. He gets to be the President of Dumbfukistan today.

Yes, the car one is just mindblowingly dumb and dangerous!

 

[DoD1776]

Bad form, but as long as you double checked it to be empty..not all bad. The ones you see actually doing it more than likely didnt check. But I only do it for actual shooting or dry firing.

I agree

 

[DoD1776]

Yes, the car one is just mindblowingly dumb and dangerous!

considering it was cocked too, wouldn't doubt bullets were in there

 

[Podmonkey]

I agree

No, read my post. All guns are always loaded, period. You will develop bad habits otherwise.

 

[Depick]

considering it was cocked too, wouldn't doubt bullets were in there

I was thinking the same thing. That person is a special kind of jackass. The attention seeking jackass.

 

[Podmonkey]

I was thinking the same thing. That person is a special kind of jackass. The attention seeking jackass.

That was just a FUBAR headline waiting to happen.

 

[dsdmmat]

Just cannot find enough fucks to give.

 

[Podmonkey]

Just cannot find enough fucks to give.

I would have thought this would have hit you closer to home what with your range and the idiots you must see therin sometimes. And the vandalism, its knuckleheads like these that are prone to negligent vandalism on the range.

 

[Bananabandit]

I agree

He said period. Better watch out.

 

[Target]

When I played paintball, you saw people in the staging area with their fingers on the trigger all the time.
Some of those markers had trigger pulls measured in ounces. Hell, I had one that if you shook it , it would fire ( 1st time using it, used gun. Readjusted that night).
There was typically at least one ND per day.

 

[Podmonkey]

He said period. Better watch out.

Yeth.

 

[ECU Pirates]

That last one... wow. Cocked and unlocked while driving with finger on trigger.

 

[carpediem]

DET had guns in his bathtub, and Morningstar meat in his freezer.

 

[Eddie Gunks]

I am/was a photographer.

For photo shoots i INSIST the models have their fingers on the trigger.

It looks stupid otherwise.

I get flamed at time but i dont care.

It looks stupid not to have your finger on the trigger for gun related photo shoot.

I do not consider social media a photo shoot.

 

[GUNSICK]

I am/was a photographer.

For photo shoots i INSIST the models have their fingers on the trigger.

It looks stupid otherwise.

I get flamed at time but i dont care.

It looks stupid not to have your finger on the trigger for gun related photo shoot.

I do not consider social media a photo shoot.

What do you do if your missing fingers?

 

[Catskillkid]

What do you do if your missing fingers?

Funny story, some of you may remember from the old forum my post about my trigger finger. Several years ago I got it caught in a wood splitter (crushed...not severed if you were wondering). My first thought when that happened was "Oh shit...my shooting days are over" lol. Luckily the doc was able to put me back together and unless you were looking closely you never would've guessed how bad it was messed up. I often wonder what I could do if the finger was in fact completely severed.

 

[1911guy]

Had a club member who is most knowledgeable about guns and working on them. But invariably he would pick up a gun with his finger on the trigger with no regard to where it was pointing. We all knew to keep guns unloaded around him. We were hesitant to correct him because of his knowledge and vast experience. We ended up teaching him by example and correcting other loudly around him. Soon he was a safe gun handler who caught on fast.

 

[Darth]

Funny story, some of you may remember from the old forum my post about my trigger finger. Several years ago I got it caught in a wood splitter (crushed...not severed if you were wondering). My first thought when that happened was "Oh shit...my shooting days are over" lol. Luckily the doc was able to put me back together and unless you were looking closely you never would've guessed how bad it was messed up. I often wonder what I could do if the finger was in fact completely severed.

Go to stores and get the old four finger discount?

 

[Catskillkid]

Go to stores and get the old four finger discount?

Forget the discount. I can only imagine how pitiful my life would become if I could no longer do the "Shocker."

 

[meketrefe]

I am not sure where are you getting at with this but I dry fire my guns occasionally.
For that one needs to pull the trigger.

Social media and the internet is the largest whorehouse ever devised by human kind.
Have a way for people to contact you for business and what not but stay away from that garbage.

 

[Criticalt]

After 30 plus years of handling guns on a daily basis, it just feels unnatural to hold a gun with my finger on the trigger.
That said, I dont believe you need to be anal about it if demonstrating or explaining something.
Ive seen guys that say, no demonstration, no photo shoot, no way, no how do you EVER put your finger on the trigger....EVER!!!
If you are safe and knowledgeable youll be ok.