Finger off the trigger - Another can of worms. By Gabe Suarez

[Shady]

I was reading this article the other day
hes got a point

[Spyder]

I guess it can happen but i don't undertand why anyone will squeeze the trigger because they stubbed their toe...

Sympathetic reflex.

Your body does a lot of things you don't intend to do, based on what just happened to it. Kind of like how one of the best ways to find out of someone is unconscious is the old "rib rub", if they're awake, they will just about always react to it because it HURTS. Carry something in your hand. Have someone jump out from behind a corner and push you. I bet your hand will squeeze. If you know its coming, of course you will control it just fine but if it's a total surprise, like stepping in a hole or something being thrown towards you and surprising you or any of a million different things that could make you flinch and squeeze the trigger when you don't want to...

Sometimes it's right to have finger on the trigger, sometimes it's not. Nothing is absolute.

[Spyder]

Here...first thing up on a search. Not the most professional or reliable looking webpage, but you get the idea, and you can research further on your own.

http://www.danzanryu.com/interlimb.html

[choprzrul]

I think that I would like to hear from someone who has spent 1 or more tours in the sandbox doing patrols and on the offensive. They lived in an extreme stress environment over a long period of time with firearms constantly in their hands. In and out of vehicles, clearing houses, traveling terrible terrain, etc. with the constant threat of life and limb. Basically the worst environment that I could ever imagine. If someone who has lived that nightmare weighs in saying that they never put a finger inside a trigger guard unless they had a target acquired, then that is good enough for me. If they say that everyone they knew constantly had their finger in the trigger guard, but practiced muzzle control, then that will give me pause.

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[9mmepiphany]

Perfect example of trigger discipline. At this point there was no reason.

I agree, but I will add that experience has taught me that once your finger is on the trigger under stress, it is much harder to get it off and back on the frame of the gun

[cody.barham]

I think that I would like to hear from someone who has spent 1 or more tours in the sandbox doing patrols and on the offensive. They lived in an extreme stress environment over a long period of time with firearms constantly in their hands. In and out of vehicles, clearing houses, traveling terrible terrain, etc. with the constant threat of life and limb. Basically the worst environment that I could ever imagine. If someone who has lived that nightmare weighs in saying that they never put a finger inside a trigger guard unless they had a target acquired, then that is good enough for me. If they say that everyone they knew constantly had their finger in the trigger guard, but practiced muzzle control, then that will give me pause.

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I was a sergeant in the army, I spent 15 months in Sadre City. We trained to keep the finger out of the trigger guard unless your going to shoot, But I kicked in alot of doors and been in a lot of fire fights.My finger was on the trigger in alot of scenarios that didnt involve me shooting. While clearing buildings, even just patroling ****ty areas.

[Boberama]

Finger on trigger wouldn't be a good thing to teach the cops around here.
They point their guns at you before they've committed to shooting.

Cop: Point. "Freeze!"

[Uriah02]

Gun safety rule #2: "Don't point the muzzle at anything you don't want to shoot (or destroy)."

If I am on the target with the muzzle pointing at it (whether human/enemy or target), I am ready to shoot, and my finger is on the trigger. Otherwide, I won't point my gun at anything/anybody.

One of the practical counters to this statement that Gabe brought up in the discussion was what about IWB carry? Or if you are in the process of detaining an individual?