Ok... the idea that 99% of semiauto failures are shooter induced may be something that needs clarification.
Describing the failures as "shooter induced" might be the wrong way to put it. Maybe it would be more appropriate to say that 99% of semiauto failures are things that the shooter can avoid by compensating for them.
That is to say, some guns are more picky than others, and it's not the shooter's fault if a certain gun will only eat FMJ ammo and will only function reliably if you hold it in an iron death grip. Are these problems "shooter induced," and could they be "solved" by the shooter? Perhaps, but only in the sense that the shooter can compensate for these problems by carefully selecting their brand of ammo and gripping the gun
just right.
That may be fine behavior for a range toy or a match gun, but it is not acceptable for a defensive handgun. If you have to draw and fire in self defense, then
maybe you can control what ammo you always have loaded, but you can't always control how fast you'll have to deploy the weapon or your exact grip and stance.
Call it "shooter induced error" all you want, but I own several semiautos. I know how to avoid limp wristing. I know how to rack a slide. My XDs and my Bersas are rock solid. They will eat any ammo. They go bang every time I pull the trigger.
I realize that the KT and LCP are much smaller and that it may be harder to make them as robust as larger pistols are. I must admit that I don't own one myself. I only own one semiauto that didn't perform 100% reliably out of the box. It's my brand new Springfield Armory GI.45 1911. Aside from the fact that it's a full size pistol, my 1911 reminds me of the KT/LCP in many ways.
1. It was more expensive than my other semiautos.
2. The 1911 has a loyal following that swears by its virtues and downplays its faults.
3. Half of the 1911 owners seem to feel like a 1911 should be a magically flawless pistol and that my problems are my fault.
4. Half of the 1911 owners seem to simply accept the fact that many 1911s need to be 'smithed, Dremeled, or fluffed 'n buffed in order to work right.
Sounds a lot like the KT/LCP crowd, huh?
