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the deprogram on reddit is gone now, and so is og post about this is gone. so i will repost it.
you will find on forums, people speaking about finding pictures of their parents doing horrific things, things that they will try to ensure never sees the light of day. Never forget that this notion of the "polite society" is just a veneer.
My Dad in Vietnam
His first wife whom I know only from Facebook sent me this. I asked him about it and he said they regularly interrogated locals for info. I never knew this side of the man.
A few details about this. This is an E-3 in the army, I never saw anyone in the military under a staff NCO carry s pistol, and I sure as hell never heard of anyone at that low of rank interrogating anyone.
The pistol in question appears to be a 1911 variant, very light single action only trigger. His finger is on the trigger, the hammer is cocked, and the safety is in fact off. The military was trained (even back then) that you never point a weapon at any thing you do not intend to shoot, keep your weapon on safe till you intend to fire, and keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to fire... A sneeze could have set the gun off like this.
This man is a sadist and I wouldn't be surprised if his explanation is covering over that he probably murdered this captured individual, or other unspeakable acts shortly after the picture.
Military handguns tend to have heavy trigger weights, the plagerism machine says 5-8 lbs.
Depends on the model, but yes. The USGI 1911 spec was 5.5-6.5 lbs, but that's not exactly a heavy pull. Especially with the short, single stage pull of the 1911 platform. It's not a rapid fire competition gun, but certainly not something you'd have to do hand workouts for.
Never the less, a couple pounds more pressure standing between someone's life and their brains panting a wall is immaterial to the violence in this picture.