Posted on 11/17/2021 6:47:13 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
The parallels between his so-called “gun handling” and the movie set shooting are amazingly close.
EXACTLY
The "victims" experienced such terror that they threatened him, charged at him, grabbed the gun, hit him, etc.
Thanks msn, I always rely on the “safety professional” to check my firearms when I play around and aim them at random people.
Maybe if this guy checked the chamber himself and let the bolt slam that sound would have helped intimidate the jury to convict.
I never read that he pointed it at the jury except in this “fact check”. I read that he pointed it at “people” without explanation as to who was meant.
A question for AR style rifle owners ( I can’t get to mine at this point in time)-
do these rifles have a magazine disconnect? Can a chambered round be discharged if the mag is dropped? None of my pistols have one.
No, and Yes
If the moron prosecutor was so sure the rifle was safe he should have put the barrel tip under his chin and pulled the trigger.
If you've seen a full video of what happened in the courtroom before he did that, and it is clear that nobody checked the chamber, then you're right. I'm simply saying that looking at that photo alone doesn't tell you much.
Please don’t misunderstand me. I have grappled with this same issue over the years. I would call it the “Maintenance exception”. I have never attempted to write out the exception because the typical student needs to concentrate on the basic safety rules.
What I would say is that the Maintenance exception must be carried out in a manner which minimizes violations of the basic safety rules.
The DA had no justification for violating multiple basic safety rules simultaneously.
Thanks. We are expecting company this morning at any moment, and it wouldn’t be cool if I greeted them with my rifle in hand.😏
No.
The article is actually from Newsweek, but it's become an FR tradition to refer to it as Newsweak.
Still probably better than greeting them with your “gun” in your hand.😆
He relied on the word of another and put his finger on the trigger.
Baldwin relied on the word of another bad put his finger on tge trigger.
Yeah, it’s gonna be the apartment manager doing her annual inspection. Might not go over too well…🤪
he did not know who was on the other side of the walls
Good point. There have been a number of street shootings where a stray bullet struck someone inside their home.
In the original live broadcast from the courtroom, it appears that a detective checked the AR before handing it to Dinger and that Dinger did not point it in the direction of the jury. It was certainly poor optics from a gun safety perspective. While it could not be determined whether the weapon was pointed at anyone in the room, persons who could be seen in the public gallery looked very nervous.
Not exactly
But bad gun safety and optics
What was with the dippity doo hair...
Gen X .....hmm
Do we know if Binger opened the bolt to check?
We could have gotten Al Gore to look down the barrel.
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