I Just Fucking Shot Myself - The Musical
on 08/04/2013 at 05:08 PM
Gun safety lesson 101 - never, never put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot what you are pointing at.
I knew that at 7 years old - an adult man, filming himself - doesn’t?
Wow, talk about giving gun owners a bad name - the gun grabbers will probably use this as proof that gun owners are a danger to themselves and others.
Every single group has their bad actors - too bad all this technology is putting it out there for the world to see. Daily.
Yup, that Quickdraw McGraw crap only works on TV. And why cowboys used revolvers with the hammer down over an empty cylinder.
I really wish I had a frame by frame video viewer, but from what I could see it looks like the guy uses a safe hand position for the first part of his draw, index finger extended. But he must be carrying “cocked and unlocked” (not safe?) because the moment his index finger comes down the gun fires.
So maybe his form is bad. I thought a fast draw was to pluck the gun up and forward from the holster, hand underneath, not to jamb your hand down on it first, grip it and then rip it up. My way gets the gun out and up before the thumb is around the backstrap, pressing down the grip safety. My way would also just throw the gun at your opponent unless you practiced it a whole lot. Which is why I don’t play any of the quickdraw silliness.
Should watch the second video Drew.
I just did. And I wasn’t too far off, was I? I had no idea he was using some kind of locking holster. He says that his draw took the safety off, the implication being he has an ambidextrous safety (pretty sure most Kimbers do). Maybe they aren’t the best idea sometimes. Nor is a locking holster if you’re looking at doing speed draws. A plain old top strap with a snap may be better.
Note that a Glock does not have a backstrap safety like a 1911, nor does it have a large external safety lever, ambidextrous or not. So his practicing with his Glock really doesn’t translate over to the entirely different 1911. Which he should have practiced with, unloaded, for quite some time before attempting live fire.
My draw method would work with a Glock and be safe, whereas his method of drawing his Glock is obviously unsafe with a 1911. And trying to learn two draw methods, which could cause a mental “eye blink” (which gun is in my holster today??) in a crisis moment is not the best idea. Learn one method that works for all.
So I was actually right on the money, even before I saw video #2.
