Posted on 10/09/2024 7:03:50 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
---See? Your guns are safe.
Except, Glocks are designated as "unsafe weapons" under California law, and if we aren't mistaken, Washington DC law also: "Note that California law classifies ALL Glocks as 'unsafe handguns' because they do not have a compliant chamber load indicator, lack a magazine disconnect mechanism, and until our lawsuit caused California to repeal the requirement, of course lacked microstamping,"
(Excerpt) Read more at secondcitycop.blogspot.com ...
“First rule of firearms, they are always loaded until I personally verify it is not.”
Like safeties, chamber indicators are mechanical devices and can fail. Never rely on them instead of a visual or manual check of the chamber.
“Don’t 1911’s lack a chamber indicator? Doesn’t every semiauto have a way to release the magazine?”
I’ve never seen one on a 1911.
Most semi-automatics do. But there are semi-automatic rifles that have fixed magazines that you load from the top.
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