[Uri’el-2012]

Is the Glock Inherently Unsafe?

No !

If people were to follow these NRA safety rules they would eliminate "accidents":

Always keep the gun pointed in a safe direction

Always keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot

Always keep the gun unloaded until ready to use

[El Gato]

Always keep the gun unloaded until ready to use

But handguns in particular need to almost always be ready to use. An unloaded gun used to make a decent bludgeon, but the newer ones are so light, that is not as true as it once was. ( I still have a polymer framed pistol, but it's loaded, as are the all steel 1911, and magazines for the so called "assault weapons".).