"Pocket" clip on a Glock-style action

[WYO]

Fake news..how was the trigger pulled 'while he was wearing it'..??
I have been carrying Glocks for a long time..and they just don't 'go off' while you are wearing them.

Not fake news. I think he also was wearing some kind of soft pants and he made some kind of adjustment when it fired.

 

[FFGColorado]

Not fake news. I think he also was wearing some kind of soft pants and he made some kind of adjustment when it fired.

Not saying he didn't shoot himself, saying that guns, Glock included, don't 'just go off' w/o the trigger being pulled.

You wrote-

know a guy who used the pocket clip on his mini-Glock. He usually carried with an empty chamber. One time he carried with a round in the chamber, and he sustained a superficial wound and received a criminal citation after his Glock discharged while he was wearing it.

How about 'inadequate' or 'incomplete' news...

 

[WYO]

Not saying he didn't shoot himself, saying that guns, Glock included, don't 'just go off' w/o the trigger being pulled.

How about 'inadequate' or 'incomplete' news...

I know that he had a concealed Glock 27 equipped with a pocket clip, and he was not wearing a holster. I know that he was in a public place and was not manipulating his firearm for kicks. I don't doubt that the trigger got pulled. I did not embarrass him by asking the picky point details of how he managed that. It probably would not have happened had he been carrying the gun in a quality holster. The pocket clip, worn without a trigger covering device, makes it easier to manage to pull the trigger. I would not carry one. Everyone else is free to choose his or her own path.

 

[WestKentucky]

I voted yes, because I have carried a keltec with a very similar setup. I did so with very specific circumstances though. Gun was in its own pocket and one it was there, it stayed there and nothing else went into that pocket at all, even my hand. I didn’t like it, and would not opt to do it again.

 

[JohnKSa]

A hard holster that covers the trigger is part of the safety system in a Glock-type action firearm that is going to be carried chamber loaded. There are other solutions that can work (see post # 13) but the trigger must be completely protected if you're going to carry with one in the pipe.

 

[Zerodefect]

A proper holster is more comfortable as well. I hate when my sights or slide ''stab me'', when I'm rolling around with the dog, kids, wife, car, etc.

The Crossbreed style holsters have a giant sheet of leather between you and the pistol. Feels like wear a disk.

 

[bdickens]

A proper holster is more comfortable as well.

No kidding!

 

[Spats McGee]

Not for me, thanks. I can forego a thumb safety, but not a thumb safety and trigger cover.

 

[barnetmill]

A proper holster is more comfortable as well. I hate when my sights or slide ''stab me'', when I'm rolling around with the dog, kids, wife, car, etc.

The Crossbreed style holsters have a giant sheet of leather between you and the pistol. Feels like wear a disk.

Relative to rolling with the dogs and such. IMHO is a no no unless it is a retention design like what some police use. The gun can not leave the holster unless a lever is depressed. Any gun that can be drawn without a requirement to remove a physical restraint is not safe for a 'tussle' or other rough play. Especially with dogs or small children. By the way a dog can with their feet discharge an unsecured, loaded firearm. Has happened with hunting dogs put in the back seat with loaded guns.