Girls & Guns

Tdcompton

Just a few shots from my girls' shooting weekend... Shooting people is not something I do often.









And just for fun -- I quickly explained to my friend how I got the shot of her and her Glock.. She wanted to give it a try and shot this one of me and mine.

fredjclaus

# 4 looks like a Charlies Angels shot. Great pics.

Sam

This is terrible! Your gals could put a crimp in the criminal justice systems renewable resources.

Sam

Tdcompton

Two of us are LEO's...

BradfordBenn

Amazed by the timing you have to get the shells in mid flight.

dave6253

Smokin' Hot!

VitaminV

Love the group shot!

Tdcompton

Thanks everyone!

We were all trying so hard not to laugh at ourselves while taking that group shot!

theprincereturns

I hope everyone was unloaded on shots #1 & #5 :-) Fun shots.

Irish Se7en

#5 didn't need to be unloaded, finger wasn't on the trigger.

#3 should have had glasses on. :uhoh LEO's should know better.

I also liked the group picture.

theprincereturns

Irish Se7en wrote: »

#5 didn't need to be unloaded, finger wasn't on the trigger.

Hope this was a joke :-) #1 rule of any gun safty class is never point a gun at anyone even if it is "unloaded". Don't want anyone to get hurt!

Irish Se7en

theprincereturns wrote: »

Hope this was a joke :-) #1 rule of any gun safty class is never point a gun at anyone even if it is "unloaded". Don't want anyone to get hurt!

Since it was my first post and this is my second, I won't cause a sh!tstorm when the topic deals with guns.

To answer your question, it wasn't a joke. I'm quite familiar with lazering someone, though that didn't happen here. What happened in that "shot" (pun intended) was someone posing for a picture. That person may or may not be a LEO, the photographer may or may not be a LEO. The firearm, may or may not be loaded. I would guess that you can see where I'm going with this.

What I was taught and it served me for 20 plus years, it's all about the trigger and whether or not your finger is on it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTalnzcO0xk

I've taken pictures (poor quality)of guys while they had their firearms pointed towards me. No one had their fingers on the trigger and a round wasn't chambered. I will be taking some more pictures in the future of the same guys but more of a stack formation and yes, they'll be pointing their firearms at me again, sans finger on the trigger.

I'm just surprised that you overlooked the one with the firearm being discharged without the person wearing any protective eye wear.

BTW, I love this site and I'm learning more and more everyday. When it comes to photography, I'm a hobbiest, when it comes to firearms, I'm by no means an expert but I have a little more training when it comes to shooting that than a camera.

Moving Pictures

As the token Canadian around these-here parts, I believe I should feel moral obligation to be offended. Aghast, even.

HUmour aside, I'd echo the previous statements: I've seen a few wire stories about people who "thought" they knew enough about firearms to circumvent the basic rules ...

Tdcompton

OKay okay... Yes, we "should" know better as LEO's that we are breaking a few range "golden rules" but for the "down the barrel" shots I have to say that the only two people unvolved in those photos were two people who truly trust each other with their lives, I certainly wouldn't trust anyone else to do those shots, and in the end we have all done things to get "the right shot" that were not the safest...

Should I be wearing eye protection - Yes... Should I be wearing hearing protection - Yes... But am I also an adult and able to make those choices for myself - Yes...

theprincereturns

Was not trying to ofend anyone and yes it is totally your decision. I just like your pictures and want you to be safe :-) FYI I have been shooting guns for 20+ years as well, and won serveral shooting competitions when I was younger. If you pointed your gun at anyone, even if it was unloaded, you could be DQ'd instantly. Any gun safety class will teach you the same thing as the first rule (my dad & mom teach gun safety classes together so maybe being slightly paranoid about gun safety runs in my veins ;-) ). People do much crazyier things for pictures for sure, but I vote for always being safe and lasting to take more pictures down the road!

Thinking of that . . . Maybe I should have taken it as a warning to get out of the water when I saw the sea turtles hiding on the bottom in the murky water I was snorkeling in off Maui last weekend (the tiger sharks like to eat the sea turtles). At least I stayed closer to shore than a couple of tourists who I thought I could outswim ;-)

Tdcompton wrote: »

OKay okay... Yes, we "should" know better as LEO's that we are breaking a few range "golden rules" but for the "down the barrel" shots I have to say that the only two people unvolved in those photos were two people who truly trust each other with their lives, I certainly wouldn't trust anyone else to do those shots, and in the end we have all done things to get "the right shot" that were not the safest...

Should I be wearing eye protection - Yes... Should I be wearing hearing protection - Yes... But am I also an adult and able to make those choices for myself - Yes...

Bilsen

Really well done throughout.

mr peas

Alright I'm gonna' do it.

#1, safety rule #1 broken.
#2, prone to stove-piping, need more grip.
#3, textbook handling, A+
#4 #5, Same as #3.

Haha jk jk. Cool shots though, literally, thanks for sharing.

Tdcompton

Thanks Guys