pistols and revolvers are not any different in how you handle them safely but here’s what they look like
finger is off the trigger unless you’re ready to shoot. it should not touch the trigger guard or the trigger. It should be up on the frame (it can be touching the slide)
the strong hand (the one you write with or prefer to write with) holds the gun by the grip and your weak hand (the free hand) covers the weak one like so:
appropriate position of the fingers and thumbs from above:
watch out for slide bite, which is when the slide cuts your fingers or your hand. This video illustrates a woman getting slide bite from her weapon because she crossed her thumbs : tw for blood
WHERE TO PULL A TRIGGER FOR ACCURACY:
trained gunners will not point the gun at anything they don’t plan to destroy. muzzles are pointed down (but not at the feet)
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