Hangingrock
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Just my opinion. The people that use the term Accident are often more so looking for wiggle room to absolve themselves of Negligence.
Just my opinion. The people that use the term Accident are often more so looking for wiggle room to absolve themselves of Negligence.
So you've never made a mistake? Never banged your thumb with a hammer? Never had a fender bender? People are human. We (and you) make mistakes. Believing you are exempt from making one with a gun is pretty arrogant.
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We recently had a court decision regarding a traffic "accident". A lady ran a red light, hit another car, and killed the man driving. She was not drinking, texting or anything else. Just ran through the light. She was found not guilty of anything, other than running the light, and there is a big uproar around here. I personally think that she was negligent since there was no mention of faulty brakes. I don't know any of the affected parties but it has been all over the local news(and Facebook so it must be true).
I personally think the whole "no safety" is something the anti gun crowd thought up. The Glock indeed has a safety. Not saying the O.P. is an anti gun person, just saying i think that's where it comes from.
I agree.ATLDave wrote,
??? You cannot seriously believe that. Or maybe you are too young to remember the days before Glocks, when the huge, huge, huge majority of semi-automatic pistols (like rifles and shotguns) came with a safety (by which people meant an external, selectable safety).
No I'm saying the phrase, the accusation, not the concept. Yes, i remember when almost all pistols had a safety lever. Usually the only people i hear, in my limited experience, break out the whole "Glocks have no safety" logic are the anti gun crowd, and usually in conjunction with an ND.??? You cannot seriously believe that. Or maybe you are too young to remember the days before Glocks, when the huge, huge, huge majority of semi-automatic pistols (like rifles and shotguns) came with a safety (by which people meant an external, selectable safety).
They have a safety. Try moving the trigger without pressing the safety button.For a long time, the term "safety" in connection with a firearm meant an off-switch. A "drop safety" was a separate phrase, but when people spoke of "a safety" or "the safety," they meant an off-switch. Glocks don't have an off switch, and it is perfectly true, under the traditional usage, to say that Glocks don't have a safety.
TwinReverb said:They have a safety. Try moving the trigger without pressing the safety button.
What are these Glocks everyone is talking about? Some new type of gun?
Making mistakes around guns, is not acceptable. That's why others are going straight to calling it negligence. People who make mistakes as serious as such, get punted from my circle quickly.
If your "mistake" goes through someones chest, you'll be on trial for negligence leading to involuntary manslaughter, not "Whoops, my bad.".
To make light of it, and call it "just" a mistake that happens, is not a good idea right now.