About the finger thing

[Ryder]

Actually, it appears that the phenomenon of interlimb interaction (or sympathetic squeeze response) is nonetheless accepted

Read your links fiddletown. Thanks, that was interesting.

It appears they are looking for an excuse for why shooters with a predisposition to pull the trigger did so. The examples presented are people in a situation already known to be threatening. They've got it in their mind to shoot if anything happens and when something does they fire the gun.

That is not a good example of an involuntary and unintentional reaction IMO.

 

[Frank Ettin]

...That is not a good example of an involuntary and unintentional reaction IMO.

And check out the article at the link posted by Bix in post 54. Anyway, I'm going with what they teach at Gunsite, what the Clackamas County Sheriff firearms trainers seems to think and what a Ph. D. physiologist has written.

 

[Ryder]

Anyway, I'm going with what they teach at Gunsite, what the Clackamas County Sheriff firearms trainers seems to think and what a Ph. D. physiologist has written.

Nothing wrong with that. Lots of people relinquish their ability to reason for themselves in preference to what others tell them. I've trained enough to know the importance of discriminating for myself what is useful and what isn't rather than rely on others. Not just because trainers contradict each other and are constantly modifying their own techniques (if they're any good). But because no two of us are exactly alike and what they attempt to present is a one size fits all theory.

Here's an item you might find interesting regarding what I said about people looking for an excuse to pull the trigger?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655

When questioned in a 2000 BBC documentary, the US government stated in a written answer that they believed the incident may have been caused by a simultaneous psychological condition amongst the 18 bridge crew of the Vincennes called 'scenario fulfillment', which is said to occur when persons are under pressure. In such a situation, the men will carry out a training scenario, believing it to be reality while ignoring sensory information that contradicts the scenario. In the case of this incident, the scenario was an attack by a lone military aircraft.

Thanks again for the feedback.

 

[ratcobob]

It also goes directly to the ' 4 Golden rules ' - Never point a gun at something you're not willing to destroy. Since you were a little kid, you've always pointed your 'gun' finger like that . If you keep that finger aligned with the barrel it's a reminder that it should Never be swept across your foot or your buddy's torso. That finger has a lot of power now that you're older. Use it wisely.
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/houston-teen-suspended-for-pointing-finger-gun-at-teacher