people uninformed about guns, and what else?
I am quite amused by the concern over someone else's camera. Even the pictures that we see of people pointing guns at their own heads, what business is it of ours. Unless seeing that activity forces you to do the same, it doesn't affect me at all. Those who are not smart enough to actually understand the implications and hazards of pointing a gun at themselves, we should protect, but for the rest of us with brains enough to think through the situation, we should encourage the use of the brains we have.
I think we protect people way too much which is why people can sue McDonalds for serving hot coffee.
For those of us who understand guns, we should understand that a single action revolver isn't going to fire by itself, accidentally killing the camera.
Not to get off topic,
but you should research the actual facts of that McDonalds lawsuit.
1 - McDonalds had a mandatory policy that the coffee served be comming out of the machine at 200 degrees, in order to reduce the amount of free refils.
2 - McDonalds purchased a style of cup that would maintain that temperature of 200 degrees for fifteen minutes, which would reduce the speed the coffee was sipped, and reduce the amount of refills.
3 - The Jury found the woman 20% responsible for her injuries because she did spill the coffee, and only awarded her 80% of the 200k dollars amounting to compensatory damages.
4 - Liquids above 160 degrees will scald and melt flesh instantaneously.
5 - Coffee machines from the stores usually dispense coffee between 120 and 140 degrees, rarely above 150, because it's common knowledge in the coffee industry that 200 degree coffee is extremely dangerous and not palatable.
6 - The woman had to undergo over 40,000 dollars in surgery to remove the dress that was instantly melted into her vagina, and then reconstruct all the flesh that was seared closed. She will never feel there again, ever. A spill of coffee at 140 degrees would not have had this effect.
7 - The 2 million in punitive damages awarded by the jury was the net profits that McDonalds made off JUST coffee in JUST two days. The jury wanted to send a message, it wasn't the plaintiff (woman) or her lawyer that asked for that amount. That was totally up to 12 normal people.
8 - McDonalds contacted all their media outlets that they advertised on and told them if they presented the full facts (the 200 degree stuff and the corporate policy which was documented) they would NEVER advertise again. Thus, we ended up with
TOTALLY UNINFORMED PUBLIC making broad generalizations about stuff they know very little about.
This is a huge problem with firearms, and we all get up in arms when people make comments that are false when looked at under all the facts. This is why I wanted to point this out, because it's the same thing happening, but against lawsuits that should be brought in order to be one of the methods to keep companies in check.
Yes, I believe this lawsuit had it's place and was important.
back on topic, I agree that the x-frames are pretty tough guns, though they don't hold a candle to the pic in the OP.