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trigger guard
noun
A thin loop surrounding the trigger of a weapon to keep it from accidental discharge.
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His right forefinger rested on the weapon's trigger guard.
He kept his finger in the trigger guard.
"At this point I moved my finger from outside the trigger guard to inside the trigger guard, as there was an immediate threat in my direction.
When he awakened, his left hand had gone numb against the trigger guard of his shotgun.
A rotating-trigger actuator is affixed to a gun's trigger guard.
It was in a sock, but he could make out the barrel, handle and trigger guard.
It appears a lever on the shotgun got into the trigger guard of the rifle and fired it.
Mr. Benjamin gripped the trigger area and Judge Coleman noted that one finger was inside the trigger guard.
"Even though I just told you," he said, "instinctively you put your finger inside the trigger guard".
He yanked at a knot which was stuck in the trigger guard and the weapon was discharged.
On another corner of the square, I saw a single soldier in an olive-green uniform dangling a rifle by its trigger guard.
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