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Originally Posted by Kipper is King
If I were a police officer, about to pull a weapon on someone (taser, gun, baton, pepper spray, etc.), I'm going to at least take a split second to look and make sure I am using the proper thing. Isn't that common sense?
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Yup. However, in high stress situation, people often react first without conscious thought. It explains why some accidents like friendly fire in the battlefield, soliders getting killed because they forgot to flick the safety in a fire fight, and other preventable but common injuries or deaths occur.
IIRC, law enforcement and military are taught to keep their shooting finger on the ring, and not on the trigger until they actually fire. (If I'm talking out of my ass, please correct me)