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James Bond and Poor Firearm Safety - A complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority

Full size here People think of James bond as competent with firearms . People may therefore copy his actions from this poster . From the poster it is clearly true that Daniel Craig is untrained and potentially very unsafe with firearms . Firstly the gun he holds is not pointed in a safe direction Secondly he is not even looking where it is pointed to determine if he is willing to destroy its target or if other things are around it that would make such a shot unwise . Thirdly his finger is curled around the trigger - another serious safety infringement . Lastly the hammer of the gun is drawn back into the single action position so the trigger pull is likely to be small ( and from his novels a light pull also) . If the hammer was forward this would not be the case . I believe that such an image may lead to accidental discharges injury or even deaths if untrained people take this example and miss handle deadly weapons in this manner . I therefore request that MGM are inf