A lot of good points there. Also, there are a number of folks who gravitate to administration because they don’t want to make hard choices and the responsibility that comes with them. Once there, they often view responsibility as unclean and frequently go along to get along.
On a practical note, pointing a gun at someone often blocks your view of their hands. That’s not a good thing.
He makes a good point that “Don’t point gun at person unless and until you are in process of shooting him” is too restrictive. (Do we yet have a general consensus even just for “Finger off the trigger until time to shoot”?)
But Greg’s article links to an article by Adam Winch advising to learn the precise point in the trigger pull where one’s gun will fire. I suppose if you’re gun’s trigger has a noticeable wall before the shot breaks at which the resistance stacks, you may have to learn that. I think one ought not even try to pre-stage the majority of the trigger pull before deciding to shoot if one’s gun had the smooth, anti-flinch, pull-through double-action trigger of a full-size Smith & Wesson revolver (or a Kahr pistol).
Gun writers struggle to find fresh topics for articles. (Has anyone ever counted the number of articles published discussing pistol vs revolver, or 9mm vs .45acp?) But I think a controversy insufficiently explored would be an examination of the advantages and disadvantages of these two competing trigger types — light take-up followed by a stiff wall just before the shot breaks, versus trigger resistance smoothly and gradually increasing across the trigger stroke until the sudden surprise trigger break.
A lot of good points there. Also, there are a number of folks who gravitate to administration because they don’t want to make hard choices and the responsibility that comes with them. Once there, they often view responsibility as unclean and frequently go along to get along.
On a practical note, pointing a gun at someone often blocks your view of their hands. That’s not a good thing.
He makes a good point that “Don’t point gun at person unless and until you are in process of shooting him” is too restrictive. (Do we yet have a general consensus even just for “Finger off the trigger until time to shoot”?)
But Greg’s article links to an article by Adam Winch advising to learn the precise point in the trigger pull where one’s gun will fire. I suppose if you’re gun’s trigger has a noticeable wall before the shot breaks at which the resistance stacks, you may have to learn that. I think one ought not even try to pre-stage the majority of the trigger pull before deciding to shoot if one’s gun had the smooth, anti-flinch, pull-through double-action trigger of a full-size Smith & Wesson revolver (or a Kahr pistol).
Gun writers struggle to find fresh topics for articles. (Has anyone ever counted the number of articles published discussing pistol vs revolver, or 9mm vs .45acp?) But I think a controversy insufficiently explored would be an examination of the advantages and disadvantages of these two competing trigger types — light take-up followed by a stiff wall just before the shot breaks, versus trigger resistance smoothly and gradually increasing across the trigger stroke until the sudden surprise trigger break.