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Old 10-24-2013, 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Danzig View Post
and i'm sure many think having a safety on prevents a gun from firing. that would be wrong. it keeps the trigger from being pulled, but a dropped gun can fire, safety or no. just ask people who have experienced it up close and personal.
Depends on what kind of gun. All my semi-autos (many different manufacturers) safety consist of a plate sliding between the firing pin and bullet, trigger can still be pulled with safety on, they can be dropped and even used as hammers with no miss-fires while my revolvers and long guns sans a few semi-auto shotguns safety's lock the trigger as you are describing above.

Pretty sure it's not policy for a motorcycle cop to ride around with a AR-15 hot. The gun is not at fault though it will surely be blamed.
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