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Gun Control Reform Activism

flamin lib

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3. Ever wonder why little kids shoot themselves so often?

Reply to flamin lib (Original post)

Fri Aug 19, 2016, 01:33 PM

Aug 2016

It's because most guns have trigger pull pressure of 7 pounds or more. Little children don't have the strength in their first finger to pull the trigger so they turn the gun around and use their thumbs. The ergonomics of handguns are such that small children will turn the gun on themselves so they can get their thumbs on the trigger.

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