According to the Lavaca County Sheriff's Office, Taylor Michalec's grandfather said he was walking behind the teen when the trigger on his AK-47 assault rifle snagged a branch and discharged, striking the teen in the back.Yeah, I'm sure his exact words were "my AK-47 assault rifle."
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A sad case. It's not just fingers in the trigger guard to watch out for. Let's be careful out there. Muzzle discipline too.
ReplyDeleteThere's the irrational FEAR of guns, and there's being too comfortable and casual with them as well.
As for the media... they probably just parroted what the sheriff's department said. They don't know an AK from an AR from an albino gorilla.
I'm skeptical. It takes a fair amount of weight to pull the trigger on an AK...shouldn't he have noticed that the gun was not moving forward as easily, long before the shot?
ReplyDeleteI suspect we'll find out at some point that his finger was actually on the trigger and, obviously, the safety off.
Aw, ya beat me to it, Lawhobbit.
ReplyDeleteWhen I bought my VEPR AK clone, the trigger pull was about 12 lbs. Not too long, or gritty, just heavy.
The odds that a living branch with enough rigidity to apply 12 lbs of pressure on the trigger of a 7 lb rifle could enter the trigger guard and exert that force without the hunter being aware of it is something I cannot calculate.
Yeah, anything is possible, but I remember Occam's Razor. The simplest explanation is usually the closest to the truth.
A sad case indeed, but I suspect the grandfather of violating the 4 rules.