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To: PapaBear3625

Is there like a condition 1.5 where you’ve got everything in Condition 2 but hammer is down and safety is on.


32 posted on 12/30/2014 1:15:03 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man
Is there like a condition 1.5 where you’ve got everything in Condition 2 but hammer is down and safety is on.

Jeff Cooper's "conditions" were primarily meant to apply to 1911-style pistols. In a 1911, if the hammer is down, the pistol won't fire, so there is no need for the safety to be on.

I guess you could keep a 1911 in "1.5", so that one would have to flip the safety AND cock the hammer, to increase child safety, but in that case you should go with condition 3, since racking the slide would be faster than flipping safety plus cocking hammer, plus racking the slide requires more strength than a 2 year old has.

39 posted on 12/30/2014 1:23:02 PM PST by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.b>)
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