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When carrying a firearm, where should your trigger finger be?

Outside the trigger guard, until you are ready to shoot.

  1. Outside the trigger guard ✔
  2. Resting lightly on the trigger
  3. Inside the guard, behind the trigger

Why: Keeping your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot is one of the four primary rules. A slip, stumble or branch can make a finger squeeze without meaning to. Outside the guard, it cannot.

Huh, didn't know that: The trigger guard is the protective ring around the trigger that keeps it from being bumped or touched by accident.

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Sources

  1. NJ Hunter Education Shotgun Practice Exam https://nj.gov/dep/fgw/pdf/hunted/shtgunexam.pdf
  2. TPWD Hunter Education, Hunting Safety https://tpwd.texas.gov/education/hunter-education/online-course/hunting-safety/hunting-safety

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