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The OP never said the subject in question was "unsafe" but he also never said he was being "safe". He described a precarious situation and implied that the shooter was being foolish/unsafe/flat-out-stupid.
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He didn't imply unsafe and stated nothing unsafe happened.
What he stated was that he thought the guy was a degenerate gang-banger who didn't shoot well and didn't like the stance and suggested he didn't have common sense, though never stated anything to support a lack of common sense. He didn't like the way the guy was shooting, plain and simple.
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Second, he was close to falling over backwards, and had he done so, I highly doubt he would have had either the presence of mind or even the common sense knowledge to take his finger outside of the trigger guard to avoid accidental discharge as he fell.
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I cannot begin to tell you have many people I have seen in this shooting position, often females, often older people, people who can't see up close, usually new to shooting. Being new to shooting, then they probably didn't "have the presence of mind or even the common sense knowledge to take their finger outisde the trigger guard to avoid accidental discharge as they fell." They seem to try to get their head as far back from the gun as possible to shoot. It looks precarious. I haven't seen any fall over backwards.
New shooter discussions pertaining to leaning back, sometimes WAY back...
http://texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.p...24215&start=15
http://www.texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=33723
http://www.coronadotraining.com/free/lepub2.html
http://olegvolk.livejournal.com/932910.html
http://www.uscops.com/videos-my-girl...vsOCySI%5D.cfm
Contrary to the obviously biased comment, taking your finger out of the trigger guard isn't common sense and would not be of presense of mind for a person who fell if they had not had proper training. Actually, the opposite is more true. People tend to grip what they are holding in an attempt to control it as they fall and that grip reflex including squeezing the trigger, unfortunately.