When did trigger discipline become a thing?

>>30971744

well I guess someone shot someone and said "hmmm maybe I should keep my stupid fucking fingers off of the trigger when I'm not pointed down range"

>>30971787
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Early 80s

>>30971744
I would guess when gas and recoil operated semi autos came into common use. With a bolt action, lever action or pump action repeater it was easier to know when you were cocked and loaded.

>>30971744
Jeff Cooper created it.

>>30971845
>Early 80s
much later dude

I remember in the late 80s in the US Army Infantry training (OSUT - Benning) "Keep your finger on the trigger!"

First one thing then another.

When people became so fucking stupid that it

>>30971787
And it took 600 years for that to happen?

>>30971744
Jeff Cooper and his firearms saftey rules.

Believe it or not, ND's and accidental injuries and deaths were caused by lack of trigger discipline a lot back in the day.