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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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To: planekT

John Browning invented the 1911 Colt .45 auto to be safe using only the handgrip safety.

Glock has a number of safety features built in, one of which is the protrusion on the trigger that acts as a safety.

Once again, the gun is only as safe as the person using it.

No matter how many safeties or safety features are built into the gun.


32 posted on 03/05/2006 7:17:27 PM PST by Supernatural (Lay me doon in the caul caul groon, whaur afore monie mair huv gaun)
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To: planekT; humblegunner
If you're real perfect, you might not shoot yourself with a Glock, or someone else who you didn't intend to shoot.

12 years and going strong.

I don't have a safety on my pencil either.

Knowledge of your weapon and training = safety, not a button.

90 posted on 03/06/2006 12:54:44 PM PST by Eaker (My Wife Rocks! - There's no problem on the inside of a person that the outside of a dog can't cure.)
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