You don't point guns at people you don't intend to kill. That goes for UNLOADED guns as well. That's the training and mindset.
It's so ingrained in my mind over the years that I'd have trouble feeling comfortable doing it in a movie or any situation regardless if a "professional" checked it before I did.
I have zero sympathy for slapdick gun control Baldwin.
Spot on take, I agree 100%.
My father taught me a VERY valuable lesson when, at age 14, I damn near took off my best friend's head.
The three of us were going dove hunting with @ a dozen other hunters; it was the first hunt of the season, and my parents had gotten me a new Ithaca 20 gauge pump shotgun for my birthday........, and I did mention I was 14, right? Cool.
So, we all arrive at the farm and begin to disperse to spots all around the huge field when, just as everyone is moving away towards the field, a lone dove leaves cover from a tree and takes flight. I guess I wanted to get the first shot, get the first bird with my shiny new shotgun, so I raise my gun, swivel in an arc for the shot, fire..., and miss, lol.
At the exact moment I fired I realized my best friend was juuuuuuuust to the left of my shot pattern, but it was too late, my dumb ass, in my excitement, had fired. My dad walked over to me and, in front of all the other fathers and sons, said quite loudly, " GIVE ME THE GUN, YOU NEARLY KILLED DANNY".
He took it and locked it in the truck for the rest of the day.
Lesson?
Learned, no doubt.