>This is pretty simple, what do you not understand? The moment you pick up a gun, you're 100% responsible for it. Not an instructor, not a RSO, you the person with a gun. I dont believe for a moment that the retard with the gun put any effort into mitigating recoil. If he kept his grip on it and flexed so much at the elbows that it ended up pointing up or at some cockeyed angle I'd at least give him credit for trying. That it completely flipped out of his hands shows he was at best resting it in his hands with negligible pressure on it to hold it. Your example of an axe is a good comparison. The first time you try to split wood with an axe, you'll grip it ridiculously tight and do a shitty job of chopping...but that ensures you dont drop it, cut your foot off, or fling it into a bystander while you get the hang of the weight throughout the arc of a swing.