My instructor here in SC could not say enough bad things about Glocks.
We should go back to revolvers! I’ve been saying so for years!
The point of a safety is to ensure the gun doesn’t fire (obviously).
The first thing learned about drawing a gun with a manual safety is to flick the safety off while drawing.
At this point, there is no difference between manual and integral safeties.
Remember the rules:
Rule #1: all guns are always loaded (aka in their most dangerous configuration including safety off)
Rule #2: don’t point a gun at anything you’re not willing to destroy
Rule #3: keep your finger of the trigger until your sights are on the target
Rule #4: know your target and what’s beyond
So...
Because there seems a problem with people violating #3, the suggestion is to downgrade #1 while violating #2.
Stark raving STUPID.
Police shoot too much.
We have had way too many cases of this, even locally.
The stress should be on moral authority, intimidation and physical restraint. Cops should be big, powerful, physically fit men.
The billy club should be the default weapon, not the pistol.
Yeah, we have also had cases of beatings, but this is rarely fatal and its hard to do accidentally.
In my town, the police carry 1911s and know enough to keep their f***ing fingers off the f***ing trigger until their f***ing sights are on the f***ing target.
There is no such thing as an “accidental” discharge. It is either intentional or it is negligent.
Period. And I’m glad to hear that cops are facing the same kinds of charges that Mr Joe Citizen would.
Very, very glad.
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Sounds more like the police should exercise proper trigger discipline.
How low into absurdity must media go? ... Try carrying a 1911 cocked and locked, but releasing the safety when in pursuit of a criminal or in a tense situation. The pressure on that trigger is less to fire the round than on a Glock with a round chambered. Some of this crud will get cops killed because of ‘political correctness’. the presstitutes, wadda bunch a maroons!
First the cop should not have had his finger on the trigger. Second Glocks are not safe weapons in the hands of non proficient shooters. That is most cops. That being said the Glock does have a pretty heavy pull through which is the safety.
Maybe the problem lies not with the tool but instead with the user.
I hate Glocks. With a burning intensity that can not be put into words.
However, these incidents will happen with any gun if you start clenching up your hands. The key is to keep your finger outside the guard unless you are ready to shoot.
The sad part is that Glock will never add a “real” safety because of the their motto: “Perfection”.
Adding a safety would be an admission they are not perfect.
I own a lot of guns but no Glocks, and this is one of the reasons why.
Blame the gun, not the cops? We have some whiney cops.