While a fun academic discussion, all the quibbling here is meaningless if the series(s) refuse to do something about it.
Clearly, there is a cross-section of shooters here that don't want to be inconvenienced by an additional layer of safety, that part is obvious by the defense put on for the indefensible. They fail to even acknowledge the issue and act like it is no big deal. Close enough is good enough in their books.
The best we can hope for is, an individual who reads this or other opinions on the topic and they call out incidents in real time forcing the MDs or the ROs to enforce the rules when the violations happen. Too often with this stuff, it's a topic of discussion after the fact.
In a strange way look at what happened with Joel who started this thread and posted the video. Nobody can accuse him of being Anti PRS yet the more he watches and films these events, the more troubled he is by the increased number of incidents and what can only be described as cover-ups to swept it under the rug. I say that because nothing has been proposed or changed, no memo has gone out on the subject to my knowledge. Instead, Joel has had to post on video his defeat in bringing light to the subject. By defeat, that means the No Big Deal Crowd has managed to twist the logic and blurs the lines, effectively killing the subject.
The spin has spun into a debate where none should exist. Now we have levels of violations of which no known shooter or popular brand should be taxed for any level of violation because it was not their intent. They were safe yesterday so any breach of safety today should not be held against them as it's not there fault. Instead it' broken down to, what if the round cooks off in the rifle not being handled.
My advice, if you see something, say something in real time, don't wait for it to be overlooked, speak up. Self-policing is the only form currently working, as the rise in the problem is just a by-product of the robust growth, in other words, nothing to see here, all part of the natural progression in the hobby.
What ifs rule the day, what if aliens come down right when I am getting ready to touch one off, I look up, tap my trigger and still hit the plate, does that count as an ND, because after all, Aliens ...
