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Post by Bo/CCPU Founder on Aug 4, 2015 18:15:09 GMT -6
From the 'Why ALL! Glocks should be re-called/modified, by the Glock company' www.teapartycommunity.com/nomoreglockleg/info/ page: There's NO WAY anyone should carry a (non-modified) Glock (or other non-safety striker pistol) like this! My God! A less-than-5-pound-trigger-pull Glock pointed right at one's crotch or balls...NO, thanks! May as well do that with a 1911 with the hammer locked back and NOT on safe. If you carry a Glock like this, you are doing (essentially) the same thing as carrying the CZ (or a 1911) in the condition shown in the top pic. Still think that's 'wise'? Video link to Indianapolis Glock self-shooting: www.theindychannel.com/news/call-6-investigators/drawstrings-can-cause-guns-many-law-enforcement-agencies-use-to-fire Another one, in Lynwood, WA.: Quote: A man accidentally shot himself in the testicles at Lowe's Home Improvement store in Lynnwood Sunday afternoon, police said. The man's handgun, which was in the waistband of his pants, went off at about 12:30 p.m. — an apparent "accidental discharge," according to Shannon Sessions, a Lynnwood police spokeswoman. "It made a loud noise and scared a lot of people in the store," Sessions said. "I believe he shot himself in the testicles and he also had some injuries to his leg and foot. He was obviously in shock." ^ Yes, this was verified to be a Glock (by multiple sources) and happened several years ago.
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Post by Bo/CCPU Founder on Aug 4, 2015 18:43:31 GMT -6
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Post by Bo/CCPU Founder on Aug 5, 2015 18:00:37 GMT -6
This is for the folks who keep telling me that (all) modern handguns are 'perfectly safe' as long as you don't touch the trigger. No, it wasn't a Glock, but it serves to illustrate the point that some still do 'go off' when dropped or jostled, strongly, though no one is touching them! Martin W "My Bersa went off inside my truck when I hit a bump because, unbeknownst to me, the strap on the holster between the hammer and the firing pin had come undone. It was laying on the seat of the truck and I was on a dirt road, hit a bump and it went off. Will never carry it cocked back, again. Damn thing scared me half to death. I never carry the pistol cocked anymore, it just sits, hammer down on double action waiting for the time to be used." CCPU comments: Will never carry it cocked back, again. <Note that term. When you rack the slide on a Glock and chamber a round, it is very similar (internally) to what Martin did with his single-action Bersa, externally. The (internal) hammer is 'cocked back' (the makers refer to this as 'pre-loaded', concerning the firing pin mechanism & springs) over that live round and if something depresses that little plunger inside the trigger and further presses the trigger with under five pounds of pressure, it will fire!
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Post by Bo/CCPU Founder on Aug 5, 2015 18:47:37 GMT -6
Ralph Cramden There is no need to carry a double-action auto, cocked. CCPU Moderator: And that's the whole point. There may be 'no need' but (nonetheless) he was doing so. The same principle applies to the Glock. There's a good reason the Israelis stopped carrying their's with a round loaded shortly after the gun was introduced and they had a chance to test it, live. I have spent hours and hours studying this issue and I stand by everything on this page. There's nothing the least bit glib about it, or my position. Folks popping in (who won't even read about/research it) to make a one or two-line, off-the-cuff comment and ambling away (smugly) are very tedious, though. No, that may not be you, Ralph (and the comment is not personal) but it's been happening to me for years, now, and MANY do it!! The Israeli Instinctive Combat Shooting Method: AGI 301
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