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Who carries a Glock loaded with one in the chamber?
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<blockquote data-quote="aestus" data-source="post: 1951658" data-attributes="member: 2989"><p>Glocks are one of the safest guns to carry one in the chamber. I know more people who have had an accidental discharge from a 1911 or gun with a thumb safety than a striker fired or double action only gun. The 5.5 pound trigger is more than adequate and as long as YOU don't squeeze the trigger it won't go off. Good holsters will cover the trigger area and will prevent things from going in the trigger guard.</p><p></p><p>The issue with thumb safeties is that people use that as a crutch for poor trigger discipline. Because they have that safety, they form a bad habit of putting their finger around a trigger with the safety on. Accidental discharges happens because they will pull the trigger thinking the safety is still on. Even worse is people use it as a crutch for shooting fast out of a quick draw. People get lazy and will already squeeze and apply pressure to the trigger even before disengaging the thumb safety, essentially making the thumb safety the "trigger." I've seen a guy nearly shoot his toe off because he tried to quick draw a 1911 he thought had the safety on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aestus, post: 1951658, member: 2989"] Glocks are one of the safest guns to carry one in the chamber. I know more people who have had an accidental discharge from a 1911 or gun with a thumb safety than a striker fired or double action only gun. The 5.5 pound trigger is more than adequate and as long as YOU don't squeeze the trigger it won't go off. Good holsters will cover the trigger area and will prevent things from going in the trigger guard. The issue with thumb safeties is that people use that as a crutch for poor trigger discipline. Because they have that safety, they form a bad habit of putting their finger around a trigger with the safety on. Accidental discharges happens because they will pull the trigger thinking the safety is still on. Even worse is people use it as a crutch for shooting fast out of a quick draw. People get lazy and will already squeeze and apply pressure to the trigger even before disengaging the thumb safety, essentially making the thumb safety the "trigger." I've seen a guy nearly shoot his toe off because he tried to quick draw a 1911 he thought had the safety on. [/QUOTE]
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