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mostlylawabidingcitizen
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Post subject:  Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:25 am |
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bensdad wrote: Quote: You're a nervous-pervous. The trigger is about 40 pounds and has a travel of about seven yards. That's the safety. That's great. Make fun of the new guy. In all seriousness, there's a little goblin in my head (looks like my dad, but smaller and with wild hair) who says there should be TWO operations required to take a gun from risk-free conveyance to bang. And there are...
1 - Engage Brain
2 - Engage Trigger
Simple! 
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Andrew Rothman
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 8:47 am |
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bensdad wrote: Quote: You're a nervous-pervous. The trigger is about 40 pounds and has a travel of about seven yards. That's the safety. That's great. Make fun of the new guy. Well, a guy gets tired of making fun of the same old guys. Quote: In all seriousness, there's a little goblin in my head (looks like my dad, but smaller and with wild hair) who says there should be TWO operations required to take a gun from risk-free conveyance to bang. I hear you. In equal seriousness, I consider the holster to be the first safety. Properly holstered guns cant fire, so the two operations are 1) unholster and 2) pull 40-lb trigger.
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Ronin069
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:31 am |
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Quote: I hear you. In equal seriousness, I consider the holster to be the first safety. Properly holstered guns cant fire, so the two operations are 1) unholster and 2) pull 40-lb trigger. I completely agree - although I think it is common for folks that are just beginning to carry to instinctively believe that it is "safer" to carry with the chamber empty. It only took me a few practice draws from the myrid of holsters that use to prove that the idea of drawing, and then effectively chambering a round under duress is far more of a risk then carrying a round in the chamber - just be sensitive to the type of weapon you have with you - for example, my XD-SC, while small, is probably not a gun that I would carry in a jacket or front pocket without a holster.
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Selurcspi
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:28 pm |
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Andrew Rothman
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