FireTower@lemmy.worldM to Forgotten Weapons@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoMalcolm X w/ M1 Carbine [1964]lemmy.worldimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up169arrow-down1imageMalcolm X w/ M1 Carbine [1964]lemmy.worldFireTower@lemmy.worldM to Forgotten Weapons@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square7fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareFireTower@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·5 months agoTo be fair to Malcom X this predated Jeff Cooper’s 4 rules of firearm safety, and was the general trend of the period.
minus-squareFiveMacslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·5 months agoYeah but you should just know.
minus-squareSSTF@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-25 months agoResting fingers on triggers was, like it or not, very common in the past. Only in the 1980s and going into the 1990s was there a concerted gun culture and military training culture change that made it something commonly actively called out.
To be fair to Malcom X this predated Jeff Cooper’s 4 rules of firearm safety, and was the general trend of the period.
Yeah but you should just know.
Resting fingers on triggers was, like it or not, very common in the past. Only in the 1980s and going into the 1990s was there a concerted gun culture and military training culture change that made it something commonly actively called out.