Vile Shadow
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Dumbass PG county.
So the moral of the story here is, if you defend yourself do it with a cheap gun.
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Dumbass PG county.
So the moral of the story here is, if you defend yourself do it with a cheap gun.
That's always been good advice. In any jurisdiction, you're safest just assuming you'll never get your gun back again. If you eventually do, consider it a bonus.
A corollary often overlooked: You need a backup gun. "Two are one and one is none."
After you shoot that gangsta thug and the cops congratulate you on a good shoot and drive away with your gun "for evidence", whatcha gonna do when the thug's homeboys come after you? You are going to want a second gun which is at least as good and capable as your primary.
If your primary is a Glock 26, you're going to wish you had a second Glock 26 in that situation, rather than that C&R P1 you got real cheap from SOG.
http://www.southernohiogun.com/handguns/surplus-handguns/walther-p-1-pistols-9mm.html
OK, Now you're going to have to elaborate on that statement for me.
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Biggfoot44
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I won't say a defensive gun has to be *cheap* , but I will say it should be *replacable* . A heirloom , or a particularily rare historical piece shouldn't be first choice.
Biggfoot44
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I'm not the OP , but here goes on the refrenced theories on Glocks ( just reporting ) :
There is a line of thinking that Glocks are partucularly hazardous due to the combination of relativly short and light trigger w/o a manually operated safety other than on face of trigger. This could lead to indavertent discharges in stressful situations by firing the gun earlier than expected due to ( physiological flight or flight effects ). And an increase in truely accidental discharges when holstering , finger in trigger gaurd , part of holster accidentally enter trigger gaurd , clothing accidentally enter trigger gaurd , etc. These reasonings would also apply to most safe action-ish similar striker pistols , but Glock has first to be popular in LE service. Glock specific complaints include needing to pull trigger to field strip , and needing to pull trigger to fit gun into factory plastic box.
Annnnnd . Yes , in the early days of Glocks there were some AD's with LE issue Glocks. While still a small number of incidents in any absolute sense , there were/ are some. In some instance within specific Agencies the before/ after showed a seemingly large percentage increase. This caused anti-Glock feelings in some LE management , and in some LE rank& file groups.
There is a line of thinking that Glocks are partucularly hazardous due to the combination of relativly short and light trigger w/o a manually operated safety other than on face of trigger. This could lead to indavertent discharges in stressful situations by firing the gun earlier than expected due to ( physiological flight or flight effects ). And an increase in truely accidental discharges when holstering , finger in trigger gaurd , part of holster accidentally enter trigger gaurd , clothing accidentally enter trigger gaurd , etc. These reasonings would also apply to most safe action-ish similar striker pistols , but Glock has first to be popular in LE service. Glock specific complaints include needing to pull trigger to field strip , and needing to pull trigger to fit gun into factory plastic box.
Annnnnd . Yes , in the early days of Glocks there were some AD's with LE issue Glocks. While still a small number of incidents in any absolute sense , there were/ are some. In some instance within specific Agencies the before/ after showed a seemingly large percentage increase. This caused anti-Glock feelings in some LE management , and in some LE rank& file groups.
Because it's plastic and you will blow your eye out?
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