My fears may be unfounded, but I have a concern about plugging the lock on my newer S&W revolvers. If I need to use one of my lockable guns for self defense, I would undoubtedly be facing criminal investigation and possibly prosecution. I am very familiar with the self defense laws and just recently took the UT concealed carry class taught by a trial lawyer who handles gun related crimes. So I'd like to think I'd do the right thing. Fear can mess you up though and lead to bad endings.
In the event that I were to be prosecuted, I want my revolver to be stock with all safety/storage features in tact from the manufacturers. It's one less bit of ammo an anti gun prosecuted would have to sway a jury.
"Clearly Mr. 460K is a violent and dangerous individual bent on vigilanti justice. He even disabled one of the safety features of the weapon used in the incident."
It would be a bunk piece of evidence, but anti gun folks are really good at allowing emotion and ignorance get in the way of common sense.
For that reason, I choose to leave the lock alone. I still hate them though.
In a wildly unpopular thread I started several months ago, in a sample of 488 guns reported (small sample), 5.2% of the guns reported had lock malfunctions. In a defense gun, I think that is serious. But until I actually have a malfunction myself, I'll keep buying them.
Like them or hate them, I think a good policy on a gun with a lock is to test, test, and test them again to make sure they work as they should.
I wonder if we will ever see a malfunction getting someone killed happen. And if so, will S&W be sued by the family afterward.
Off topic I suppose. Just sharing a thought.
