Hahaha, guns in movies are props and they are mostly loaded with blanks. Some guys hold their guns like we hold an ice cream cone :)
A true story, I was at 1 SAI (Infantry School) and we had to train the girls from another camp on the shooting range. We laid the down on their stomachs showing and demonstrating how to pull the R1 semi-auto rifles into the shoulder and a lot of loading and other tricks.
Finally the order came for action and they were told that when a rifle malfunctions, to lay the rifle down and to simply raise their hand. Bam, bam, bam, they all stated firing. Now hear this; the one chicky gets up, swings around, aims the rifle at us while clicking away, shouting that her rifle doesn't work.
Needless to say we all hit the deck like one.
At times I still dream about it and that was years ago :)
Haha! Yep that happens all the time! I've seen it happen at the range. People don't have that ingrained awareness a shooter does generally. They don't think.
Do you recall that actor, Jon-Erik Hexham? He shot himself whilst joking around on the set of a move, Cover up. Put a handgun with a blank in it to his head not realising the gases released would pop his head like a melon, which is what happened. Poor dumb bastard. I blame him...One never points the muzzle of a gun at something they don't want to shoot, and the set master at arms for not properly explaining the concept of a blank.
There is no end to the stupidity some show with guns. And yet, no gun ever jumped up and killed someone, there's always a person behind it.
Hahaha, "there's always a person behind it".
Yeah, we were taught on the farm never to touch a gun unless you mean to use it. I had an old .22 rifle, can't remember the make, maybe Remington, or Mauser and sadly killed many Guinea fowl with it. For eating of course as my aunt had one of those big cast iron stoves and she was a magician with the oven.
Taught by my uncle how to use it, holding breath, squeezing trigger and all of that. Stood me in good stead many years later in the army, as one of the top marksmen. They issued little medals, a rifle on a brass frame to pin above the pocket of your shirt and I had one of them.
Impressed that you are teaching your wife how to handle a gun. Now I have no gun and just as well, as if I were to try and teach my wife, her erratic manner will kill both of us lol. Besides, she hates guns :)
I taught Faith how to shoot out to 1km which she can do repeadedly. Women are more patient and easier to teach I think. She doesn't know the science behind it, but as far as pulling the trigger, the actual shooting of the gun, she's very good.
She has the goal to shoot as far out as I do (1 mile+) but I'm not sure how she'll go. Maybe someday. She's determined.
You can only teach a person that wants to learn and Faith sounds like an excellent student.
Beware, maybe one day she will match the master hahaha
Haha, well, if she does I'll be happy, she can protect the compound and I'll do the cooking...She hates cooking, and so is not the best at it by her own admission. She can shoot, I'll cook. 😂
Somehow I think that will never happen my friend. You are too much of a gun lover to allow her to do all of the shooting.
Or maybe you will in that situation load the muffins with gunpowder to use as hand grenades hahaha.
Haha, I'd only waste muffins like that if Faith made them...She's no cook. Lol.