Survivalist Pro
Survivalist Pro
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1) Always treat every firearm AS IF it were loaded. n as needed and ensuring its intended status as loaded or unloaded is the very nature of the first cardinal rule.
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Read More »2) Always point your firearm in a safe direction unless defending yourself or others. This one is pretty simple… you should take care that the muzzle of your firearm does not cover any living person or animal at which you would not want to send chunks of lead, copper, steel or depleted uranium barreling in at high velocity with the ultimate possibility of ending central nervous and/or cardiovascular activity in the previously mentioned life form. You should regard that in a defensive situation, pointing the firearm at the evil-doer who means harm to you and your loved ones may, in fact, be the safest direction; as either the assailant will decide you are too dangerous to accost, or they will force you to shoot them until you stop the threat. Either way, the safe direction is in fact, pointed at the bad guy. This rule also has some different variations you will find in the basic firearm safety literature. The most common version I have seen is “Do not point your firearm at anything you do not wish to destroy”. I find this version of Cardinal Safety Rule # 2 to be inaccurate. The reality is, there are very common situations where we are going to point our firearms in directions where the muzzle points at something “we do not wish to destroy”. When demonstrating firearms manipulations, when performing dry practice, when performing a system check of the platform you are manipulating, all of these incidents require you to point your muzzle at something more substantial than the vacuum of outer space. To be succinct and responsible in our usage of rule # 2, I am adamant about the verbiage above. 3) Always keep your finger off of the trigger and up on the frame until you are ready to fire. This particular rule comes down to the cognitive decision making process. Before a modern firearm will function, the trigger must be activated by depressing it to the rear, releasing a hammer or striker. Barring any negligence of the user and having extraneous objects that should not end up in the trigger guard, this is done by taking the index finger, placing it on the flat of the trigger, and applying pressure. This is a process, which, if proper firearm manipulation is practiced, must be actively thought of, decided upon and enacted by the user. Training your finger position to always remain up on the side of the frame until ready to depress the trigger, is training your cognitive ability to decide when you need to shoot. Without mincing words, in a defensive scenario, you are making a decision and carrying out an action, which has the intent of ultimately taking a life.
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Read More »Proper manipulation of the firearm in this space requires us to not only keep our finger outside the trigger guard (another common phraseology in the basic firearms safety rules), but it should require us to place the trigger finger higher/more vertically up along the flat side of the frame of the firearm. This is done as a means to resist the sympathetic and startle responses the body undergoes under stress. Under the stress of a critical incident there are two basic physiological reactions we need to be aware of that affect rule #3. Sympathetic response affects the tightening of one’s muscles in preparation for fight-or-flight behavior. Think of it as the tightening/tensioning of a spring. The spring is getting ready to release its energy in whichever action is more likely to help aid in survival from a lethal encounter. Startle response manifests itself as a sudden, quick clenching of muscles in response to an unexpected event. If you are simply keeping your trigger finger off of the trigger or outside of the trigger guard, these clenching/tightening of the muscles may cause an inadvertent slip of the finger on to and depressing the trigger thus creating a negligent discharge.
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