Glock Carriers - Check this out

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Subject: FW: Glock Again FYI

Be careful of the leather you choose!


“What the hell was that?!?” she said. It took me a half a second to realize that my gun had just gone off…on my hip…in its holster. My wife and I had just finished breakfast at our favorite café and got into the car.
Me being the passenger, I rotated my torso to the left to fasten my seatbelt like I always do. When I straightened again, my Glock 19 discharged, blowing a 9mm hole through my pants, underwear, the leather seat and bottom of the car’s door frame. The bullet nicked my hip, but the wound is nothing a bandage couldn’t cover. So what went wrong? Guns never go “Bang” all by themselves. After ensuring I wasn’t hemorrhaging profusely and didn’t have to make a dash for the hospital, I stayed seated in the car as my wife came around to my door and opened it. I undid my belt and slid the Galco JAK202 Slide Belt Holster, with the gun still in it, off my belt. Why it went off was immediately apparent.


















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This has already been posted before. Poor holsters and improper weapon handling can result in dangerous accidents.

This is why equipment and knowledge of gun safety is important. Glock is not at fault here.
 
You should probably use an OWB holster OUTSIDE the waistband. Looks like he stuffed it between his belt and body.
 
It is easy to see that the leather on the holster has been this way for some time. The OP has been very lucky for awhile.
Fine leather holsters are just that, fine leather.
Kydex is just plastic.
The OP is the blame here. Should have seen the bend in the holster.
 
The OP should have seen the holster was bending. It is the trigger system and poor gun handling that allowed this to happen.
It would never have gone off if it was a Colt 1911 or a Sig or any DA revolver.
Not blaming Glock at all. If it was a S&W m&p or a Springfield or any one of the striker fired guns out there it would have had the same results.
 
The OP should have seen the holster was bending. It is the trigger system and poor gun handling that allowed this to happen.
It would never have gone off if it was a Colt 1911 or a Sig or any DA revolver.
Not blaming Glock at all. If it was a S&W m&p or a Springfield or any one of the striker fired guns out there it would have had the same results.
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I doubt that would have happened with a Springfield XD as the XD has a grip safety. Unless the grip safety is depressed at the same time the trigger is pulled the gun will not fire. With that said this was an equipment failure. The holster was worn out & did not completely cover the trigger guard.
 
I think this is a good reminder that we need to make sure all our gear is in good condition, not just the firearm itself.

This is also a reason that all my carry holsters completely cover the trigger guard--to be absolutely certain nothing can get inside the trigger guard. Having just fractions small amounts of material behind the trigger leaves too much to Murphy's whim.
 
Didn't this exact same set of pictures just get beat to death, repeatedly in a very recent thread?

Maybe the Matrix is fixing itself......:uhoh:
 
Poor holster design and stupid pistol design. "Yeah, let's put the safety IN the TRIGGER!!" Brilliant.
 
BS meter pegged

these pics have been circulating everywhere. I first saw them on a LE only website a few weeks ago.

looks like a pretty gnarly chunk of meat missing but what else is missing?
Blood? don't know about everyone but I leak red liquid when when my skin is opened up. there's not a spot of it on his trousers.
the "flesh" looks like that waxy medical moulage makeup used for medical training scenarios.

I think a Glock hater (or somebody with a lot of stock in S&W) has been busy

and the OP's title - Glock Carriers- is that a person with some sort of contagious disease?
 
I don't get it. These pictures have been everywhere. Now I, personally am not a huge fan of Glocks but prefer something with a manual safety, but that wound looks pretty real to me. Also, going through all that trouble to destroy the car (the damage to the vehicle is undeniable) just to bash a particular pistol model on the internet?

Seems kinda crazy...
 
zstephens13 said:
I don't get it. These pictures have been everywhere. Now I, personally am not a huge fan of Glocks but prefer something with a manual safety, but that wound looks pretty real to me. Also, going through all that trouble to destroy the car (the damage to the vehicle is undeniable) just to bash a particular pistol model on the internet?

Seems kinda crazy...
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It does seem like a lot of trouble, but it also seems pretty crazy to create your own mini-CSI recreation with an open wound rather than immediately treating it. So he gets shot, gets a camera, possibly does some cleaning (no blood on the seat/jeans, not much around the wound), gets a stick to show the bullet path, and then has someone take these pictures? To what end? Something like this certainly could happen, but if it happened to me my main and initial concern would be the bleeding hole on my leg.
 
... and all the while sitting at a cafe right after a gun went off?

Questionable, yes.

Bad holster design, also yes.
 
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