And why they thought they could just shoot at a super dooper alien fish tank and have a Earth-standard bullet penetrate it.
Riiiight...
It's that whole deal where people just do NOT understand guns. I think the writers suffer from that. Guns don't shoot themselves. They rarely, if ever, fire when dropped or "accidentally." It takes special bullets to pierce many surfaces, not the stuff you can buy at WalMart. People do NOT convulse and leap three feet backwards when shot.
All that being said, basic gun training enforces the concept that ALL guns are loaded, and that you NEVER point a weapon at someone/something you don't intend to shoot.
Tosh is the only character on the show who handles her weapon properly. I applauded when I saw her holding her finger outside the trigger guard as she investigated an area. And Naoko played Tosh's shooting perfectly, just a cringe as the pain bloomed.
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Date: 2011-04-22 05:28 pm (UTC)Riiiight...
It's that whole deal where people just do NOT understand guns. I think the writers suffer from that. Guns don't shoot themselves. They rarely, if ever, fire when dropped or "accidentally." It takes special bullets to pierce many surfaces, not the stuff you can buy at WalMart. People do NOT convulse and leap three feet backwards when shot.
All that being said, basic gun training enforces the concept that ALL guns are loaded, and that you NEVER point a weapon at someone/something you don't intend to shoot.
Tosh is the only character on the show who handles her weapon properly. I applauded when I saw her holding her finger outside the trigger guard as she investigated an area. And Naoko played Tosh's shooting perfectly, just a cringe as the pain bloomed.