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Gun Control & RKBA

forsaken mortal

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3. Odd

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Mon Nov 16, 2015, 08:41 PM

Nov 2015

I'm not a gun expert, so maybe I'm missing something, but shouldn't you wait until the gun is pointed away from all of your extremities before sticking your finger on the trigger? I guess panic might cause things to get a bit premature with the trigger.

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