[frostbit]

There are THREE safeties on all Glocks. The infamous trigger safety, a firing pin block, and a drop safety. All are passive, and deactivated when the trigger is pulled.

When the trigger is pulled, the weapon fires. Just like a revolver. Except the Glock has extra safeties that a revolver doesn't.

If some moron has it pointed at his leg when he pulls the trigger, he will shoot himself. No amount of extra safety features will prevent stupidity, as evidenced by numerous AD's with ALL weapon types.

[No.6]

Or, *gasp* since we supposedly trust these air marshalls, we could give them a firearms allowance and tell them to buy the firearm they themselves are best and most comfortable with.

[FreedomPoster]

>>No amount of extra safety features will prevent stupidity, as evidenced by numerous AD's with ALL weapon types.

Great post, and I agree wholeheartedly with it, which you'll see from an earlier post on the thread. I do want to comment on your statement above.

The use of the term "Accidental Discharge" when discussing a firearms incident is common usage, but is really a misnomer. In my mind, almost every incident so described is really a "Negiligent Discharge", and should be so identified.

My $.02

[RogueIsland]

When the trigger is pulled, the weapon fires. Just like a revolver.

Stock revolvers have longer and heavier trigger pulls than a Glock by a considerable margin. That actually does make a big difference. Sorry, but the Glock is less forgiving of carelessness than most other action types. That doesn't make it a bad action type, but it does make it one that must be respected. Why Glockophiles always feel the need to deny the obvious when the obvious in no way implies any actual defect in the weapon is beyond me.