Rose v. Perfectionism - Exhibit A
Aug. 26th, 2011 02:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
missroseroseBrian and I went out shooting today (since I probably won't get an opportunity while I'm in Anchorage visiting my mother), and at one point I went to hitch up my pants. With a loaded gun in my hand. With the safety off. And my finger (which I thought was on the trigger guard) on the trigger.
Fortunately, while I wasn't following Rule #3 (keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot), I was following rule #2 (never point the gun at anything you are not willing to destroy) - in this case, at the ground - so when my finger inevitably squeezed the trigger, nothing was hurt. It was close enough to my foot, however, to make me hyperventilate for a good ten seconds, as well as mentally kick myself for not flicking the safety on (or even better, putting the gun down entirely).
Oddly enough, after I was done with that part, I went on to shoot six beer bottles from 10 yards away with the remaining eight bullets in the magazine. Apparently a little bit of adrenaline is good for the aim...
Fortunately, while I wasn't following Rule #3 (keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot), I was following rule #2 (never point the gun at anything you are not willing to destroy) - in this case, at the ground - so when my finger inevitably squeezed the trigger, nothing was hurt. It was close enough to my foot, however, to make me hyperventilate for a good ten seconds, as well as mentally kick myself for not flicking the safety on (or even better, putting the gun down entirely).
Oddly enough, after I was done with that part, I went on to shoot six beer bottles from 10 yards away with the remaining eight bullets in the magazine. Apparently a little bit of adrenaline is good for the aim...
