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Old December 9, 2012, 07:19 PM   #51
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Too bad I wasn't taking pix one day when PD thought I was the bad guy. I was looking down the muzzles of six or seven handguns, all with safeties off, all with fingers on triggers, and several had the slack taken up. There were five or six more behind me doing the same thing.

Maybe one day, I'll elaborate on why my bud and I suddenly cracked up and laughed so hard we nearly peed our pants AND really got the LEO's even more ticked!
9mm's look like 45's or bigger in cases like this.
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Old December 9, 2012, 11:15 PM   #52
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oooo wow a picture of a gun!! and it's loaded!! I am only worried if that jackhole is in range of me otherwise not my problem because you can't fix stupid
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Old December 9, 2012, 11:53 PM   #53
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Someone get the back story to the picture, maybe we can post it to http://www.darwinawards.com/stupid/, may be worth a laugh.
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Old December 10, 2012, 08:41 AM   #54
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Put a pistol in a shoulder holster and it will be pointing at people all day. Contrary to what some believe, firearms don't magically discharge by themselves. Even Uri can't do that.

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Old December 10, 2012, 09:40 AM   #55
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Thank you.
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Old December 10, 2012, 10:20 AM   #56
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I am just curious why someone thinks a picture of the gun at that angle would make it sell any better. Maybe the picture illustrates that the price includes one bullet.
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Old December 11, 2012, 03:54 AM   #57
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SharpDressedMan caught it. Fif anyone notice the the thumb exposed beneath the trigger guard. There is no way for that to happen if the OP had been holding the gun.
Geeze whata bunch of moroons.......
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Old December 11, 2012, 04:10 AM   #58
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either way you look at it

that pix is a little scary in my book
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Old December 11, 2012, 04:15 AM   #59
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This is easily done with modern digital cameras and celphones today. You don't even have to look directly at the front of the barrel if you can see the LCD screen of the camera from the side.

If that pic was indeed taken with the person facing the barrel of a loaded gun, well that's Darwin at work. You can't fix stupid. They will all eventually wipe themselves out...
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Old December 11, 2012, 04:22 AM   #60
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My problem with this photo is that A it is loaded and B contrary to A he has his thumb inside the trigger guard. Now had it been loaded and not had a way to trigger it by a human analog then it would be just a loaded gun and really nothing more. But as its been proven before even DAO triggers have been pulled on "accident". Not very smart of this guy to take a photo as such.
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Old December 11, 2012, 02:11 PM   #61
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I understand that tactical teams often end up "stacked" for an entry with gun muzzles right up against each other, do to quarters, access, building design, etc. Of course, they try to remember to not shoot each other throughout the encounter. Muzzle/safety/trigger discipline isn't always practiced by the books. No need to get bent out of shape over a photo or photo rendition. Maybe professionals were at the helm.........
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Old December 13, 2012, 09:47 AM   #62
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Nice shiny barrel, tho ... this is how evolution works ...
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