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To: B4Ranch
Good point. I always carry my pistol with a round in the chamber and ready to go. No kids in the house and it is safe for me.

Those are Israeli rules, not mine. And they DON'T have problems with AD's.
28 posted on 03/05/2006 6:02:41 PM PST by Supernatural (Lay me doon in the caul caul groon, whaur afore monie mair huv gaun)
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To: Supernatural; Travis McGee

This is not a new argument, but still it has not been resolved.

Fact. The stock Glock trigger pull is comparable to a 1911.

Fact. The Glock has no other safety aside from not touching the trigger.

Fact. A typical (unmodified) revolver has a trigger pull of at least twice that of the Glock.

Is the Glock more dangerous? Maybe, if you assume the amount to pull a trigger has something to do with safety, and it does, which is why some LEO departments actually add weight to the trigger. How about that nervous LEO holding a gun on a suspect? How about just sticking it in your holster, or pulling it out? Is the gun which requires twice the amount of trigger force (revolver) to discharge a round less safe then a gun which requires half that amount (Glock)?

EVERY gun I have ever owned had a selectable safety. Every one, except for the Glock. Yes, I had one, and I managed not to shoot myself. But, It did bother me that other then pulling the trigger, or it accidently being pulled, it had NO SAFETY.

I sleep well with the 1911 under my pillow. I didn't trust the Gock even in a drawer because I might have to fumble for it in the dark.

The Glock is the equivalent of a 1911 going off with the SAFETY OFF, with a round chambered, AND squeezing the hand grip safety, all at the same time.

You guys, you like the Glock? I don't have a problem with that.

But to compare a Glock to a revolver or a 1911, which at the very least requires that the grip safety be depressed before it will fire, are kidding yourselves.

If you're real perfect, you might not shoot yourself with a Glock, or someone else who you didn't intend to shoot.

You can't compare the two honestly. One goes off when a round is chambed if you pull the trigger. The other won't, unless the safety is off, and you grip it like you're going to shoot.

Don't like safeties? Buy a Glock.


31 posted on 03/05/2006 7:13:53 PM PST by planekT (<- http://www.wadejacoby.com/pedro/ ->)
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