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Finger resting on the receiver is a fairly new standard practice. While you can’t find an exact date, and it was certainly a cultural phase in, consensus is that finger on the receiver began being the professionally pushed standard in the very late 80s and early 90s.
Before then, it was acceptable to have a finger inside the trigger guard, and there are innumerable pictures of professional soldiers doing just that. I think it’s unfair to nitpick somebody on not following a gun safety practice that didn’t exist yet.
Oh I'm more nitpicking his barrel sweep than the finger. Can't even see the finger. I'm pretty sure "hey don't point the gun at your buddy's balls" has been standard practice since the inception of firearms.
Totally could just be a bad angle though, I just enjoy poking fun at this famous image.