Massad Ayoob on `Thunderwear' (crotch holsters): "The gun is often pointed right at your femoral artery ... and they're just creepy."
Posted on 02/18/2015 1:33:00 PM PST by Labyrinthos
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. — Police say a 55-year-old southwestern Michigan woman who died after accidentally shooting herself in the head in January was adjusting a handgun in her bra holster at the time...
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Breasts are pretty dangerous!
“Doesn’t matter if it’s a Glock, Beretta, or whatever. You must maintain trigger discipline at all times. No exceptions, otherwise you are being mortally careless.”
Bingo. Never heard of a trigger pulling itself. That booger hook always seems to play a part in it.
Speaking of Glocks:
Funny the number of people that would not have a Glock because it goes Bang when you pull the trigger, but like a revolver because it goes Bang when you pull the trigger.
My Ruger SRc's have manual safeties. I really like them.
Thanks for the Sticky link. I think I’d like to try one of those out.
Massad Ayoob on `Thunderwear' (crotch holsters): "The gun is often pointed right at your femoral artery ... and they're just creepy."
What a surprise, the tired GLOCKs are dangerous argument. I have more than one, conceal carry all the time where legal with a round chambered plus full mag. All my holsters are kydex IWB and OWB. Wouldn’t carry my GLOCKs in anything soft with a round chambered.
Why do you say “Glock?” as if to imply there is a design flaw with Glocks? They are used by scores of military and law enforcement professionals across the globe and are pistols known for their reliability. In fact, most polymer, striker-fire pistols being made today are nothing more than copies of the basic Glock design. Many modern pistols like the popular S&W MP Shield are available with no safety. Wheel guns, in general, have no safety — the S&W Airweight has no safety or external hammer. The basic rule of thumb with any firearm is to keep your fingers off the damn trigger — and when you carry a Glock, keep the trigger protected in a proper carry holster. Additionally you can also choose to not keep a live round in the pipe.
I carried a GLOCK 27 for a long time (small .40).
It dropped out of my holster into the crack between my seat and the console, loaded and round in chamber.
Difficult to remove.
It’s now unloaded in the gun safe and I carry a Ruger SR40C — manual safety.
GLOCKs are great pistols, but are not concealed carry pistols.
There is a design flaw in Glocks, though Glock will never admit to it because of their motto: “Perfection”.
One should never need to pull the trigger on any gun except to shoot it. With Glocks, the trigger must be pulled for takedown. That is a design flaw.
My new carry piece. Note the manual safety. Smith and Wesson M&P Shield 9mm.
My new carry piece. Note the manual safety. Smith and Wesson M&P Shield 9mm.
Oops. Double post.
I wouldn’t own a Glock but it has nothing to do with their safety, reliability, durability or accuracy, in fact I would recommend because they excel at all four. I just can’t stand plastic pistols.
I don’t know whether Glock has a design flaw or whether it works exactly as designed. I do know that whenever I read or hear about a LEO who accidently shoots himself, the weapon is almost always a Glock. In addition, I understand that pulling the trigger is SOP for Glock takedown, and that doesn’t seem like a good design feature to me.
Wheel guns generally do not have a safety other than a transfer bar, and my experience, an additional safety is not required because of the heavy trigger pull, particularly the Ruger LC101 class.
Carrying a weapon without a live round in the pipe makes the weapon about as worthless as a cell-phone in a crisis situation where mere fractions of a second can mean the difference between life and death. Racking the slide on a semi-auto adds another second to the self-defense process, and that could prove deadly.
Did you buy two of them?
What a surprise, the tired GLOCKs are dangerous argument.
That was a strange response and indicates you didn’t read the article, and If you had, you would have read the following:
Glock pistols approved for special operations Marines
In a Marine Corps first, the service recently added a Glock pistol to its list of authorized individual weapons, optics and modular attachments.
However, the 9mm semi-automatic Glock 19 pistol is officially approved for use only by personnel assigned to Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, according to a force-wide message issued in mid-February. In fact, the pistol will carry a non-Marine inventory number because it is a U.S. Special Operations Command asset, according to the message.
It is not immediately clear if MARSOC has used the pistols unofficially before now, but they are popular throughout the special operations community. More broadly, they are standard issue for armies on several continents, a staple among international and domestic law enforcement, including the FBI and many local police departments. Glocks are ubiquitous among civilian gun enthusiasts. And they are even seen in the hands of some al-Qaida fighters.
Iraqi police recruits learn to fire 9mm Glock 19s under the instruction of Marines and Iraqi army personnel in Al Anbar province during April 2007. Members of Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command are now authorized to use the popular pistol. (Photo: Lance Cpl. Charles Howard, U.S. Department of Defense)
Glock’s dominance of the modern semi-automatic pistol market is owed to their relative low cost and reputation for AK47-like reliability. That is a particular advantage for those who operate in austere conditions where sand, mud, dirt, water or snow make pistols prone to malfunction. Additionally, their polymer frame is corrosion resistant, which meets the needs of a maritime force working around salt water. Finally, the Austrian pistol’s worldwide popularity among good and bad guys alike makes it easy to find accessories and spare parts when needed.
It is unclear why the pistols were only now approved for MARSOC. Marine Corps officials could not immediately address questions from Marine Corps Times.
Marine operators have at times used 9mm Beretta M9 or M9A1 pistols, but more often the service’s .45-caliber M45A1 Close Quarter Battle Pistol which is based on the iconic M1911 platform.
Army special forces have often used Glock pistols while training foreign police and military personnel. Iraq, for example, purchased more than 100,000 G19s for issue to their security forces. It was considered best practice for U.S. instructors to use the same firearm as their students.
MARSOC has not yet determined which holster it will use with the G19.
“Standard holsters for this item are pending source selection,” the force-wide message states. “Command approved holsters are authorized for this item until source selection is complete.”
The service’s current standard issue holster for use with Beretta M9s, the SERPA Level 2 Tactical Holster by Blackhawk, is available on the civilian market for the G19 as well.
LOL
I read about one years ago. it was a neck chain with a .22 bore brush attached.
You simply push the bore brush down the barrel of your small .22 revolver and let it hang there. If needed, grab it and pull. It will free itself from the bore brush and you are in business!
Then I realized, this thing would be pointed up right under my chin!
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