Bump Fire

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Firearms are very dangerous weapons that have caused critical injury to its victim and in most cases ends up death. Gun holders should always practice responsible safety techniques which involves using their instinct, preparedness and knowledge of their environment to ensure that nobody is hurt unintentionally. The act of bump firing is performed when a person uses the recoil of the firearm to fire multipled bullets in rapid succession. This is mainly possible from a semi-automatic firearm. A gun holder can either bump fire from a gun at the hip or at the shoulder however, the shoulder is the more correct method of choice.
The hip-shot method is close to the way how you shoot light-guns at a game shop. This method involves sustaining the fore grip of the gun with the non-trigger hand, and letting go of the grip on the firing hand so the trigger finger is left in its regular position. At this point you would force the weapon forward so you can apply pressure onto the trigger finger from the trigger, while maintaining the trigger finger at a still position. The gun will recoil and then return to its previous position after ...
... the round being fired first resetting and then pressing forward against the trigger thereby firing rapid shots. The rapid bursts from a semi automatic simulates the firing of an automatic weapon, despite a large amount of rounds are fired in rapid succession, the trigger finger initiates each fire so that the full automatic fire does not actually take place. Adding a laser sight to your firearm will greatly improve your aim when using the hip-shot method. If you are firing a AK-47 ensure that you hold the weapon as close to the end of the barrel, so you can counter-act the barrel when it attempts to wave around.
Devices from complex, especially made triggers to the low-tech rubber band are employed in order to integrate the bump firing, however, not all such devices or modifications are authorized. A well-known example in America is the case of the Akins Accelerator for the Ruger 10/22. Though the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) originally permitted mechanical devices for producing rapid fire. This legislation governing firearms has recently revoked the terms and conditions and presently the mechanism is prohibited.
The typical gun fire is considered to be very loud in the range of 140 to 170 decibels while the average threshold for pain is 130 db. The volume level of the discharge can be lowered to about 115 db by using a suppressor often called a 'silencer' and/or subsonic ammunitions. Some cartridges are inherently subsonic, while most others can be downloaded to a volume level below the speed of sound. Some integral suppressors use ported barrels to bleed off propellant gas and thus minimizes the volume of the gunfire. Some survival training practices allow the use of three gunshots with an interval of one or two seconds as a distress warning. Gunshots can cause serious ballistic trauma from gunfire wounds. It is projected that well over 500,000 injuries are sustained per annum from guns; 300,000 or connected to those occurring in conditions like armed conflicts, with the remainding 200,000 or more being encountered from non-conflict occurrences.
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