Someone on here said something like trigger discipline wasn’t really a thing until the late 80’s. Which sounds right somehow. All the cop shows and westerns before that, they ran around holding the trigger.
This is in the 20’s right? So my man is just being period-accurate, which is highly logical.
Secondly, even in real life, gun ownership isn't a thing in modern societies, only in backward third world countries
If the majority of modern humans don't know what trigger discipline is, why would Spock?
Weapon safety rule number 3 Mr Spock: keep your finger straight and off the trigger until you’re ready to fire.
You may be a Vulcan but I will still kick you off my firing range if you don’t unfuck yourself.
He was about to kill the mofo talking to Kirk, he knew exactly what he was doing.
I mean, are mechanic triggers even a thing in the federation?
On the phaser rifles, totally.
Aaand here's Ezri being another bad example:
I can totally believe that, by the 24th century, phasers are smart enough to fire by intention, not by some crude electromagnetical switch. Triggers are contact points, not switches.
They have technology that can literately disassemble things at the atomic level, from a distance and - even more impressive - correctly re-assemble them. I'd not be shocked if their firing systems had advanced beyond what we have today.
Don't worry, he only has it set on "stun".
Oh god I just shot Marvin in the face
Eh, it's fine, guns never go off accidentally.
Precisely why no one should have them; the average person is incredibly stupid. Similar to the cop in the story you linked, a fucking dumb ass piece of shit idiot.
