It’s not about touching. It is about the proper position of your finger and how other people see it.
You may feel safe, but everybody around you must feel the same. And in this case they feel safe at the level they see it.
So, rules are rules. No exception here.
You’re fresh here, so you haven’t had a chance to meet the Chief Executive Officer of Community Trigger Finger Police Department… and that would be me. 
THIS IS FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER:
THIS IS FINGER ON THE TRIGGER AND / OR TRIGGER GUARD:
Executive Assistant Chief - @Karacal can confirm that all above are the only rules that we are following… 