Thumb blown off, ouch! Pics attached. P&S unsafe?

[CompVest]

Am I the only one that finds the picture unnecessarily gruesome? I understand getting the point across, but are we going start posting crime scene pictures of people decapitated and so forth?

Maybe someone could just attach a link with a warning. Also, did the person just stand there with their thumb blown off and pose for pictures?

Image changed to link and warning added

Thank you!

[casingpoint]

Jack Ruby preparing to point shoot Lee Harvey Oswald with a 38 Special revolver, 1963.

A blowup of the shooting:

In both photos, Ruby's middle finger and not the index finger appears to be through the trigger guard.

[juggernaut]

If the bullet doesn't get him, the muzzle blast will.

[UpTheIrons]

Jack Ruby preparing to point shoot Lee Harvey Oswald with a 38 Special revolver, 1963.

A blowup of the shooting:

In both photos, Ruby's middle finger and not the index finger appears to be through the trigger guard.

I read somewhere that Ruby's index finger was missing, and that's why he held the gun like he did. Of course, my Google-fu stinketh right now, and I'm turning up stuff that says it could have been either his left or right finger that was missing.

[Keith B]

I read somewhere that Ruby's index finger was missing, and that's why he held the gun like he did. Of course, my Google-fu stinketh right now, and I'm turning up stuff that says it could have been either his left or right finger that was missing.

Maybe it's was missing because he pulled the trigger on revolvers with his middle finger?

[AEA]

If your grip of two hands is correct on a auto pistol, your strong hand thumb will be pointing (more or less) at the target.