Conceal and Carry/Concealed Weapons

Well I'll tell it like this I have never taken a shot I didn't intend. If you'll look closely you'll see the detente in my trigger is not depressed. For those unfamiliar with that weapon system I can pull on that trigger all day long but until my finger curles and depresses the detente or safety switch built in it will not discharge.

Why do I hold in that manner? I guess muscle memory. Kinda like when I pick up any tool. To hold it another way would feel wrong and destroy my shot mechanics if I need to discharge. I don't hold a hammer by the head until I need it. I do not hold my knife by the blade either. Holding that particular tool in the manner is as safe as holding it by the barrel but I do not do that either.

 

I bet this guy USED to say the same thing....

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am-Qdx6vky0[/ame]

Fingers should never be placed inside the trigger guard until you are ready to fire the weapon.

 

Wow motownfire I know just where you are talking about it is bad down there. I cringe when we have to drop in the detroit area. There are places we have been to that I wouldn't even go to during the day in my car.

 

Fortunately bulldog I am not holding the trigger.To be inside the trigger guard my finger would be covering the detente.I would agree that a shooter should not hold the trigger.

I guess some people use the tips of their fingers to pull a trigger. I would caution your more likely to pull your shot using the very tip if that is what you do. Now does my finger rest alongside it? Sure does, to the point all I have to do is curl my finger around it to fire.Never worried about it before and I doubt I will in the future.


I'll have to catch the video when the network is less busy.

 

There is no round in the chamber. The popup on top of the gun is down. There are quite a few safety features on that weapon. It has a rear grip safety, trigger safety, the popup that lets you know there is a round in the chamber, and there is a pin on the back of the slide that lets you know when the firing pin is ####ed. dont give the guy crap.

 

Right at 5lbs after I had it worked. But I couldn't pull the trigger the way I was holding it if I tried, thats kinda my point. Looking at it I see the angle and know where my finger was resting, maybe that is the confusion. My finger is not engaged there, it is what I was trained as" at rest".

 

Too many years pulling on cows.........uhm mammory glands(Is that better Injun?)and getting stomped, crushed,burned and generally abused to the point I have to concentrate to hold my coffee cup some days. I need to" feel" the pull to be comfortable.

 

http://www.handgunlaw.us/documents/CommercialVehiclesAndFirerarms.pdf

Technically not illegal, but your company can certainly have a major say in whether you can carry in their trucks. Then again, under FOPA you cannot carry the firearm across state lines in any part of the the cab with you. It must be kept in a totally separate secure location. The gun must be unloaded. The state of destination must be one that also allows you to possess a CCW. If you stop for the night, then that state's laws apply to you.

A private citizen can get a special permit from the FBI to cross state lines with a firearm on their person. Total number of these permits ever issued: Zero.