Really called a hair trigger. It's a modification made to a gun which makes it respond to very little pressure on the trigger. Allows for faster firing.
If you get a semi-auto chopper, you better put a hairpin trigger on it.
When someone is down and out and appears to be about to commit suicide. The act is often completed by using a longgun pointed at the soon to be departed's head and using one of their toes to depress the trigger while their hands support the firearm's intended aiming position.
Friend one: Joe has been real fucked up since Jill dumped him.
Friend two: Yeah, it won't be long and he'll have his Toe on the Trigger.