It’s conceivable.
I don’t think anyone is claiming she is Ukraine’s best sniper. At least, if MSM is going gaga over a Ukrainian woman sniper… that’s not what she looks like based on my rudimentary search.
You see someone who has no idea what they’re doing.
I see someone who is very probably a model being utilized for propaganda. In this case, Anti-Ukraine and anti-MSM propaganda.If not anti-female soldier propaganda. Which is consistent with Pro-Russian Propaganda, at least. I was only able to trace it back to a joke website. I never found the picture elsewhere being utilized in anything pro-ukraine or otherwise.
Toejoe claimed her finger is clear. That is accurate.
Is it cleared correctly? No. Should be on the gun, above the trigger.
Is it uncommon for people to hold the trigger clear like this? No. Not in my experience. I usually recommend above the trigger but far too many still make this mistake and they know far more about guns than I. This, however, I know. Yes, it’s not cleared properly but it is clear.
In fact, if it’s not clear, she is at least pulling the trigger correctly by the top tip of her finger joint. A person who didn’t know what they were doing would not only hold the rifle this way, but her finger would be on the second top joint as well
So either she knows, correctly, to use the first joint correctly or she doesn’t know how to clear the trigger.
If you’re arguing the latter, then you’re admitting she had no intention of firing the gun and thus negating the argument of improperly handling for fire.
Is she checking the scope? Her eye is on it. It’s possible she wanted a better look but I sincerely doubt her intention is to fire it.
Honestly, I would prefer to judge her on a video rather than a photograph. This could’ve been a snapshot of her holding the weapon this way for a variety of reasons. And I would hope not to shoot as many here have correctly deduced… it would not end well.