Someone that's anti-gun knows trigger control?  I call BS.

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On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 10:47 AM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote:

> One junk news article has another person on the set saying his finger was
> on the trigger guard.
> Whether single or double action, a revolver takes some force to fire.
> I supposed if it was fully cocked and adjusted to have a hair trigger it
> is possible to be extra easy to touch off.
>
> I just cannot imagine someone handing me a firearm expecting me to wave it
> around in the general direction of people and me not checking it first.  I
> would never trust someone’s word on that.
>
> *From:* Bill Prince
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 2, 2021 8:28 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Alec Baldwin
>
>
> From where I'm sitting there had to be multiple screw ups. First is the
> security of the weapons. Based on what I've read (and I don't know how much
> of it is true), the weapons were on a table; they had been used for "target
> practice" during breaks; the armorer had declared them to be "cold" (in my
> mind that means there is nothing in the chambers; not blanks, not
> anything).
>
>
>
> If it was a dress rehearsal, I would expect that there were multiple
> cameras running. Digital film does not cost enough to matter, and it can be
> used to determine if they're getting the shots they want.
>
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> On 12/2/2021 5:31 AM, Mike Hammett wrote:
>
> Something a lot of people are leaving out is that movie set gun safety is
> likely quite different than real life gun safety. Likely, the same rules
> don't apply in both scenarios.
>
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> *From: *"Steve Jones" mailto:[email protected]
> *To: *"AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" mailto:[email protected]
> *Sent: *Wednesday, December 1, 2021 8:55:03 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT Alec Baldwin
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> Amazing how less dead that lady would be if this guy wasnt handling a
> magic gun pointing it at people on a scene that had no call to point at
> people in an industry where you dont point firearms at people with a
> firearm you dont point at anything youre not prepared to destroy... but
> sure, he didnt pull the trigger. Totally trust a mope who beats people up
> over parking spots
>
> On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 7:05 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I have a few heirloom antique 22 cal rifles.  Nothing against guns but I
>> don’t own a handgun.  I have historically had a very short fuse and quick
>> to fight.  I have mellowed with age but I still don’t want to give myself
>> that option.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Dec 1, 2021, at 5:24 PM, Jaime Solorza <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> My dad was USMC sniper...he loved to hunt and taught my brothers and me
>> how to shoot rifles and hand guns...my youngest brother had the best
>> aim...he took us hunting...thus is back in mid 1960s to 1972...folks
>> divorced ..
>> None of us own guns....we prefer fishing and crossbows...
>> Only one who ever carried a gun was my sister when she worked for a three
>> letter guvment(in my best Steve Jones voice) agency and my son in combat
>> and afterwards as Air Force MP...
>> Neither own guns now...
>> Stay safe
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 1, 2021, 4:57 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> He is saying he did not pull the trigger.  My first instinct was “yeah
>>> right”.  But I had to remind myself that I had a rifle go off all on its
>>> own once when I was about 13.  It was pointed at the ground.  Stock was
>>> under my right arm.  I was walking.  My hand was no where near the
>>> trigger.
>>>
>>> I actually did not realize it went off.  I realized someone very nearby
>>> fired a gun, but I did not feel it kick.  It was either a lever action
>>> 30-30 or a 32 special, I used both on a regular basis.
>>>
>>> Everyone else in the hunting party all turned looked at me and asked me
>>> what I was shooting at.  I initially denied I shot at anything but I felt
>>> the barrel and it was warm.  There was also a crater in the dirt right in
>>> front of my toe.
>>>
>>> Maybe a button on a sleeve or a rivet on my pants caught the trigger or
>>> the hammer.  When hunting I would frequently pull the hammer back half
>>> way.  I think that was considered having the safety on with those old
>>> guns.  You could not pull the trigger and fire from that position.  If the
>>> trigger was all the way forward, it would fire if the hammer got struck by
>>> something.  To fire you had to pull the hammer all the way back.  Or if you
>>> used the lever to put one in the chamber it would also fully cock the
>>> gun.
>>>
>>> It has always been a mystery to me.  Just glad I didn’t kill anyone that
>>> day.
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