Store your handguns safely. A Casper (WY) 17 year old that plead guilty to invountary Manslaughter will spend 15 years in prison. Casper teen pleads guilty to manslaughter. Ruined lives that could have been avoided.
Tragic Story
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trophyhunter
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Very tragic,
This is one reason I do not like Glocks. In the hand of trained person, they are fine.
But, in the wrong hands this is what happens.
I'm not bashing Glocks, but with no Safety,Accidents like this are an reality. I feel for both Families 2 young men are now gone.
I will say a prayer for both Families.
This is one reason I do not like Glocks. In the hand of trained person, they are fine.
But, in the wrong hands this is what happens.
I'm not bashing Glocks, but with no Safety,Accidents like this are an reality. I feel for both Families 2 young men are now gone.
I will say a prayer for both Families.
Hey trophy: Please do not forget that 2 young men are gone is leaving out the fact that 2 young men were thieves and heading to prison one way or another. Please do not forget that 1 young man lied his head off about what happened. 17 years old might as well be 27 IMO.
PS: There are Glock firearms that are not brought into this country because they fail a federal index for gun safety. The FN5.7 provides a complete non-function of the pistol when the magazine is released, regardless of cartridge in chamber or safety on or off (it also has right and left-handed safety levers)---this is also helpful for LEOs if they fear loss of weapon during physical altercation--they can drop mag making pistol inoperable if perp gets a hand on it.
PS: There are Glock firearms that are not brought into this country because they fail a federal index for gun safety. The FN5.7 provides a complete non-function of the pistol when the magazine is released, regardless of cartridge in chamber or safety on or off (it also has right and left-handed safety levers)---this is also helpful for LEOs if they fear loss of weapon during physical altercation--they can drop mag making pistol inoperable if perp gets a hand on it.
Grognard Gunny
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OK, I'll be your "huckleberry". All I have heard from this forum (having had no experience with Glocks at all.), is that they DON'T have a manual safety at all.... i.e. If it is cocked, it is ready to go. All that is needed to make it go boom is trigger squeeze.
Now someone says they have THREE safeties?
I seek illumination here, if you would be so kind to provide.
GG
Now someone says they have THREE safeties?
I seek illumination here, if you would be so kind to provide.
GG
localgirl
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ironmike86
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Doesn't matter. He didn't know the gun was loaded? He's playing with it. If another gun was in condition one with a manual safety with the safety off samething would happen. If the safety was one and he's playing with it he could have easly taken it off. The finger pulled the trigger. IMO doesn't natter what type of gun if a fool kid is playing with something he doesn't know how to operate. But this is why I never leave my gun in my car. If I did it would need a break proof lock box of some sort.
Camerondavidl
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I have to say. Storing a handgun in your vehicle seems pretty stupid in the first place. Your vehicle is a lot more likely to be broken into before your home. Not that it couldn't have been stolen from the home. But just think a vehicle is a pretty stupid place to store a gun. I am not in any way sticking up for the scumbags who break into cars and steal. I hate theifs. I believe they should have their hands chopped off, but a person who steals doesn't deserve to die. A kid has been killed. That is someones son. I don't understand how you could look at a dead CHILD and say "Good, one less theif".
What would your Jiminy Cricket say? If the death of a kid by the hands of his stupid friend doesn't sadden you. Well... maybe you accidently squished that cricket.
That kid should go to prison. No doubt in my mind. But a kid NEVER deserves to be shot in the head just because he stole someones replaceable stuff.
What would your Jiminy Cricket say? If the death of a kid by the hands of his stupid friend doesn't sadden you. Well... maybe you accidently squished that cricket.
That kid should go to prison. No doubt in my mind. But a kid NEVER deserves to be shot in the head just because he stole someones replaceable stuff.
Charles Manson was someone's son. Ted Bundy was someone's son. David Berkowitz was someone's son. I'm not losing any sleep tonight.
Deserteagle
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Every gun has a trigger that fires the gun. This could have happened to any model gun.
Locally a homeowner shot and killed two 19 year olds during a home invasion. I feel sorry for the homeowner not the two burglars, or their families. If their is any harm to the families it is caused by the criminals.
It sounds like the young man that got shot in the head would still be alive if he had not become a criminal.
It sounds like the young man that got shot in the head would still be alive if he had not become a criminal.
Grognard Gunny
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"Don't do the crime if you can't do the time (or pay the consequences)!" (.... and some of those CAN be more than one bargains for.)
Welcome to the real world.
GG
Welcome to the real world.
GG
Warbirds
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Just to clarify, because I don't think this was made clear.
A "SAFETY" meaning something that prevents the trigger from being pulled and the gun going off. The Glock does not have a safety.
"SAFETY FEATURES" the glock has three that prevent the gun from firing for any other reason than the trigger being pulled, such as if dropped.
Now on my HK it has two "SAFETIES", one is a selector lever, the other is in the grip that is turned with a key. When either are engaged you can pull the trigger as hard as you want and it will not fire. These are in addition to the "SAFETY FEATURES" that are simular to the glocks.
I know this is unnecessary for most here but I think that some could benefit from a clarification.
A "SAFETY" meaning something that prevents the trigger from being pulled and the gun going off. The Glock does not have a safety.
"SAFETY FEATURES" the glock has three that prevent the gun from firing for any other reason than the trigger being pulled, such as if dropped.
Now on my HK it has two "SAFETIES", one is a selector lever, the other is in the grip that is turned with a key. When either are engaged you can pull the trigger as hard as you want and it will not fire. These are in addition to the "SAFETY FEATURES" that are simular to the glocks.
I know this is unnecessary for most here but I think that some could benefit from a clarification.
Deserteagle
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The safety that stops my trigger from being pulled on my Glock is my brain. If I didnt trust my brain, I sure as heck wouldnt trust a small metal piece in the gun called the "safety".
Grognard Gunny
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Grognard Gunny
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Given the frailities of the human brain versus the relatively infallability of machined steel, I think I'll opt for the additional "fail safe".
GG
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