Maverick44
Youngest old man on TGT.
leo's are one of the most accident prone groups out there. dunno if it's the cocky attitude or the fact that they think they know everything.
I'd love to see the source for that "fact".
leo's are one of the most accident prone groups out there. dunno if it's the cocky attitude or the fact that they think they know everything.
Yummy, I love bbq cook offs.Or cook offs.
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As for dropping a gun, there is absolutely zero excuse for a modern gun to discharge due to being dropped. If you can make a gun discharge in ANY way other than either a cookoff (highly unlikely in anything other than a heavily used machine gun) or pulling the trigger, then that is a serious flaw in the design of that gun and responsibility of that discharge should fall back on the manufacturer.
As for dropping a gun, there is absolutely zero excuse for a modern gun to discharge due to being dropped. If you can make a gun discharge in ANY way other than either a cookoff (highly unlikely in anything other than a heavily used machine gun) or pulling the trigger, then that is a serious flaw in the design of that gun and responsibility of that discharge should fall back on the manufacturer.
I understand your point, but this is not universally true. The old Ruger 3 screw single action revolvers and Colt SAA revolvers are not safe to carry with the hammer down on a loaded chamber. OTOH, you said "modern" firearm and Ruger quit making them over 45 years ago, so maybe that's not a modern firearm.
But there are still plenty of them out there. I've got a couple myself. And I don't believe you can state that it is a "design flaw" in absolute terms, and I certainly don't consider the design to be negligence per se. The owners manual tells you not to carry with the hammer down on a loaded chamber. If people choose to ignore the instructions, that's on them. No different than choosing to drive your car without putting the seatbelt on.
Ruger got sued over it and, of course, caved in and changed the design to include a transfer bar safety and called it the New Model Blackhawk.
Every discharge of any type is due to human interaction.
Just a point of order and an edge case, but those statements aren't 100% correct.A gun laying untouched on the table will not fire.