another shooting

[Danzig]

http://news.msn.com/us/3-children-sl...es-at-assembly

oops.
brilliant idea, having a gun right there where a kid can pull the trigger. so, no safety on either. brilliant!
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.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Danzig

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.