Originally Posted by
Gman.45
That happened in the Rittenhouse trial too - the prosecutor swept...everyone, multiple times. He flagged the jury, the judge, half the crowd in the courtroom, all with his finger on the trigger as well. Yes, obviously it was unloaded, but that isn't the point, as the first words out of everyone's mouth after they have a negligent discharge is "Oh em gee, I thought it was unloaded". Of the 4 rules of firearms safety/security, controlling your muzzle direction is by far and away the most critical. It astonishes me (well, not anymore really as it is still so commonplace), constantly, even how many so called experts or pros break this rule. It does take training and experience to move around dynamically with a firearm and not flag those you don't want to fly bullets into, but there is NO excuse in an environment like a courtroom for doing it.