InevitableSwing [none/use name] to chapotraphouse • 2 months agoNYPD Officer Fired Gun Inside Columbia’s Hamilton Hall, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Confirmsexternal-linkmessage-square21 fedilinkarrow-up1133
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minus-squareoscardejarjayes [comrade/them]hexbear14·edit-22 months agoGlocks (which most cops use) don't have safeties. All you have to do is pull the trigger. link
minus-squareThordros [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear15·2 months agoFrom their point of view it's extraordinarily ideal. link
minus-squaretheareciboincident@lemmy.dbzer0.comhexbear5·2 months agoIt is ideal because a loaded weapon should fire every time the trigger is pulled, without fail. Glocks have multiple different safety mechanisms to ensure the gun will not fire unless the trigger is pulled. Why would you aim the weapon at something, pull the trigger, and ever expect it to not fire? linkfedilink
Glocks (which most cops use) don't have safeties. All you have to do is pull the trigger.
Well that seems... not ideal.
From their point of view it's extraordinarily ideal.
It is ideal because a loaded weapon should fire every time the trigger is pulled, without fail.
Glocks have multiple different safety mechanisms to ensure the gun will not fire unless the trigger is pulled.
Why would you aim the weapon at something, pull the trigger, and ever expect it to not fire?
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