pull the trigger

Though McCoy is hesitant to speculate on the cause for other news organizations’ hesitation, his team was uniquely positioned to pull the trigger quickly, without the corporate or political pressures that might weigh on legacy networks.

A superior officer cannot tell a police officer to pull the trigger - nor can there be a pre-emptive tactical decision to shoot a suspect whatever the circumstances.

We’ve got to pull the trigger.

Timothy Richardson emphasized during the trial that even someone who doesn’t pull the trigger can be guilty of felony murder when they are a “major participant” who acted with “reckless indifference to human life.”

Pressure quickly mounted after Baldwin told ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos that he didn’t pull the trigger.