Correct. AFAIK, he did not claim that lifting the gun was an accident.
point it at someone
Any experienced RSO (range safety officer) would easily disagree.
and pull the trigger.
Yet somehow, triggers get accidentally pulled sometimes 🤷🏻♂️. There’s a term for this: Negligent discharge (not to be confused with accidental discharge).
Also get out of there with that trigger nonsense. It takes a conscious amount of force to pull back a trigger.
“A trigger”? You mean in general? Like as a universal rule that applies to all triggers? That’s not how it works. There’s a very wide range of trigger pull weights, travel lengths, etc.
IIRC, most Glocks have a trigger pull weight of around 5.5 lbs (depending on model). It’s not nothing, but it’s definitely not a lot. Negligent discharges can and do happen.
Anyway, sounds like we pretty much agree on the rest.
Correct. AFAIK, he did not claim that lifting the gun was an accident.
Any experienced RSO (range safety officer) would easily disagree.
Yet somehow, triggers get accidentally pulled sometimes 🤷🏻♂️. There’s a term for this: Negligent discharge (not to be confused with accidental discharge).
“A trigger”? You mean in general? Like as a universal rule that applies to all triggers? That’s not how it works. There’s a very wide range of trigger pull weights, travel lengths, etc.
IIRC, most Glocks have a trigger pull weight of around 5.5 lbs (depending on model). It’s not nothing, but it’s definitely not a lot. Negligent discharges can and do happen.
Anyway, sounds like we pretty much agree on the rest.