From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[...]
How about a Glock which, when being holstered,
catches on a key hanging from the belt? The key goes
through the trigger guard and engages the trigger and
the pistols is pushed home. Doesn't need a finger on
the trigger to fire.
[...]
If that is the only place from which to hang
keys, then I suppose that it is only a matter of time
before something bad happens.
What I don't understand is why is the holster
sitting so low as to allow keys to suspend in such a
manner, and perhaps more importantly, why is anybody
hanging *anything* in the area of a firearm where the
probable is likly to happen?
I have a Glock 19, purchased in 1991, I believe,
and it takes a significant pull to activate the trigger.
I used to wear an Uncle Mike's Sidekick, and that
holster is made of heavy double walled nylon. It does bend
and that was a concern for the longest time. I tried
several dozen times (with an empty chamber) to get the
holster ear to trip the trigger. It never happened: the
outside ear would just bend over and and allow the trigger
guard to slip past.
Now, having said that, I cannot imagine an
experienced person trying to push a firearm hard enough
into a holster - especially a holster that is tight -
and running into enough friction that they don't *STOP*,
look down to see what the heck is going on, before
proceeding any further.
Most holster brands that I am familiar with would
not allow the firearm to enter with something that affects
the width that it is made for.
That old saying about 'if it don't feel right,
stop doing it' applies here in spades.
On the other matter of ND vs AD, I am of the opinion
that there are only two properly defined discharges:
Negligent and defective, with the latter attributed to a
defective component of the any part of the arm or the
ammunition. The former needs no explanation.
ET
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