nachosgrande
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What's wrong with this ad?
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rbernie
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I ain't defendin' myself with a 22LR pistol.
And get the booger hook off the bang switch.
And get the booger hook off the bang switch.
geronimo509
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You read my mind!
Geronimo45
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Fingernails aren't cut? Forgot the wedding ring? Shaven hands?
nachosgrande
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"I ain't defendin' myself with a 22LR pistol."
Bingo!
Bingo!
mr.trooper
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Looks fine to me.
CoRoMo
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drumz has it.
What if he's about to fire on a rabid squirrel leaping from an upper branch?
TexasRifleman
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Why is it that anytime there is a photo of a gun posted everyone freaks out if a finger is on the trigger?
You guys DO know that to fire a gun you have to pull the trigger right?
Post #6 demonstrates what is happening here. The original photo was of an active shooter, then some ad guys turned the photo at an angle.
A picture of a guy actually shooting a gun will pretty much always have a finger on the trigger. It's no cause to panic
I'll bet you're right. If the pistol was actually being held pointed up, the right wrist should be slightly angled, but it appears to be straight, at least as much of the wrist as they show.
There's still the .22LR aspect. For an ad about a show called "Personal Defense TV", that's the wrong firearm to be showing.
There's still the .22LR aspect. For an ad about a show called "Personal Defense TV", that's the wrong firearm to be showing.
RoadkingLarry
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Better a .22 in the hand than a cop on the phone...
Wouldn't be my first choice either but....
Wouldn't be my first choice either but....
rbernie
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I believe that it's bad form to show the finger on the trigger in ad copies, since it loses the visual notion of trigger control.
But that's just me.
I'll buy that; I didn't look closely at the wrist angle.
TexasRifleman
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In ads I'll agree with you since we want to promote safety as #1.
Good point.
Cannonball888
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Maybe it's to attract nongunowners to watch by not appearing too frightening. Notre Dame cathedral in Paris was built with gargoyles and beasts on the exterior to attract the heathens.
searcher451
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There's at least one other obvious statement to make here: What goes up must come down. You may think that you are just shooting into the air, but the bullet is going to come down sometime, somewhere. How often do you read where it comes down on someone?
I disagree in this instance because the ad is for personal defense, and is not meant to be a "hey check out my new ruger!" picture, but rather a "I'm in the act of defending myself" picture (which is why the .22 is a dumb choice, even though it is SUPER SEXY
... yeah, I'm a Ruger fanboy ).For example, take Oleg's work:
http://olegvolk.net/gallery/technology/arms/talk0595.jpg.html
and
http://olegvolk.net/gallery/technology/arms/mumbai4543.jpg.html
In both cases, the persons being photographed have their fingers on the triggers, as it is supposed to imply that they are in a self defense situation where shooting is about to happen (or just happened). It's not simply posing with one's firearm, as he has in other works to portray a completely different message, like this: http://olegvolk.net/gallery/technology/arms/author-again/protectfromhazards.jpg.html
MAURICE
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The only problem with that photo is that it is at an angle. Look at the background. The background appears to be tall grass against the horizon. The person firing the weapon is shooting straight ahead, not into the air.
yeti
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The "click for showtimes" doesn't work?
Kind of Blued
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I wonder how many fewer deaths per year we would have if every action movie and every advertisement ever showed proper trigger and muzzle discipline.
TCB in TN
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Its not my first choice either, but I'll use it if its all I have at the time!
mcdonl
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I like the show. Some good episodes.
I have bigger guns at home for HD, but I tell you what..... my 10/22 with the light on the tapco rail, laser and 30 round mag would cause a $&!#% load of confusion, and discomfort in a second or two...
Leroy
I have bigger guns at home for HD, but I tell you what..... my 10/22 with the light on the tapco rail, laser and 30 round mag would cause a $&!#% load of confusion, and discomfort in a second or two...
Leroy
JohnBT
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"Why is it that anytime there is a photo of a gun posted everyone freaks out if a finger is on the trigger?"
It doesn't bother me, I was trained by WWII vets and peace officers before it became fashionable to lay one's finger daintily alongside the triggerguard. If these men had a gun out, well, they were ready to shoot. If not, they put it away.
John
It doesn't bother me, I was trained by WWII vets and peace officers before it became fashionable to lay one's finger daintily alongside the triggerguard. If these men had a gun out, well, they were ready to shoot. If not, they put it away.
John
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