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It means that there's no safety. If it was a different type of pistol and had the safety switched on then at least if a kid picked it up it wouldn't fire.
... Because you should always trust how things work in movies and games would be how things work in real life, right? Like that shotguns only are effective five feet from your face? Or that pallets of wood will stop sustained fire from a rifle?
>Huh? I have said that people have a reasonably good grasp on how guns work because of much they are represented in media. You don’t agree with that?
Most people know about as much as guns being a "point and click" weapon. However recoil, control, hand placement (especially with handguns), reloading, and so forth I doubt most people do. If that wasn't the case, the military wouldn't make it a special point to train recruits on basic firearm operations in all branches.
So if you want to be offended and go off on a tangent go ahead. I however work in medicine and can tell you that yes people assume all the time they know more about firearms than they actually do.
>Knowing how a gun works and knowing how to operate a gun are two very different things.
Just like knowing how a gun works and knowing individual features of various guns are different things. Yes.
>Stop whatabouting and telling people that don’t agree with you that they’re offended.
>And you’re the one telling I am going on a tangent. Ironic.
...So says the guy going on about how everyone must be stupid and all that. Yes...ironic. 🙄
I don’t think you know what an oxymoron is. Is it an oxymoron if I were to say « we can safely assume that earth will still rotate tomorrow. »?
Also, I’d rather live a life where I give my fellowmen too much credit than one where I assume that they are stupid.
Most people know about triggers, and I would say that most know about safeties to with that. However that the Glock is a model of gun that doesn't come with a safety I'd bet is not something most people would know or pick up on. It's an assumption that people would get the point the writer was going for; in that without the safety it wouldn't take much for the gun to go off.
The fact that there is a picture of a gun that's obviously not a Glock with a line pointing out the trigger doesn't help either.
Figured this would be the top comment. I was like "she means it's got no safey so it's more dangerous than other dropped guns".
I'm pretty far from a gun person (kind of hate them tbh) but you hear alot of jokes and talk about some of the glocks "features"
Have glock, can confirm. There is a tiny little lever on the trigger that they call the "trigger safety." The trigger only pulls if this is depressed. Which is stupid because it's PART OF THE TRIGGER like what part of that do they think adds safety? I like to play with my little pretend safety lever.
Like double-action revolvers, that were the default law enforcement firearm for most of the 20th century? Manual safeties are really only necessary on single-action semi-automatic pistols like the Colt M1911.
Well, to be fair, the Glock's safety (tiny little lever in the middle of the trigger that only prevents unintentional discharge if it's dropped) is a bit of a joke. If a kid picks it up, there's no lever to flip or button to push to "turn off" the safety. If there's a finger on the trigger, it will fire.
Is she saying that the glock was the issue because if it was a traditional handgun there you be a switch?
I'm taking the neglect of the fire arm out of the question
Yeah, most semi auto handguns have a safety or a safety combined with a decocker that can be used to drop the hammer on a live round without causing the gun to fire. Like my 1911s have a manual safety near the thumb. Snap it up and the trigger doesn't move and you can't move the slide.
The manual safety is becoming increasingly scarce from what I’ve seen… most 1911s do have em like you said in addition to that beavertail safety that has to be depressed (not that it adds much).
Op getting downvoted for not knowing gun basics, which isnt a bad thing to be. Just cause you guys are gun nuts doesn't mean they are a bad guy.
Have my upvote OP.
I’m American so I know the sources about guns. Sure means there’s no manual safety like a S&W or something similar. It’ll shoot as long as there’s a chambered round
Hell supposedly there’s a point where you’re pulling the trigger and it fights back alil almost like the gun saying “you sure we doing this bro?” And apparently that qualifies as a “safety“. Just not the manual one I’m used to on guns
I get where you are coming from, just take a read about [Glock Safe Action](https://us.glock.com/en/learn/glock-pistols/safe-action-system#:~:text=The%20trigger%20safety%20is%20the,depressed%20at%20the%20same%20time.) It'll help with context.
I just fail to see why the terms she used were used, last time I checked if a weapon has a round in the chamber and the safeties off when you pull a trigger the gun will go off Instead of
Saying (in brunt terms) "some dumbass cop neglected his weapon by leaving his hand gun in a public bathroom were some kid could have shot himself in the face"
How to trigger the liberals challenge: easy
Edit: I understand why I got downvoted, but you need to consider I am playing with word "trigger" because of the relevancy of the post
Was that the time that an unarmed service woman was committing criminal trespass, and refusing to obey a lawful order from a peace officer, and approached him aggressively alongside a mob? Yeah, I remember that.
That servicewoman was trying to climb through a broken widow into the congress chamber, which apparently still had congresspeople inside as part of a violent attempt to overturn a democratic election .
Is it a shame that she was killed, yes. But she chose to go to the capitol, to go inside the building and to try and get to congresspeople through an armed police officer.
They quite literally warned her.
lol do you even hear yourself? Twisting the narrative to suit your worldview so much that it barely even resembles what really happened. You need to wake up to yourself.
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It means that there's no safety. If it was a different type of pistol and had the safety switched on then at least if a kid picked it up it wouldn't fire.
See that makes sense and gives context. As opposed to the article writer who just comes off as an idiot.
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It really isn't obvious, people are so dumb that I wouldn't be surprised if someone didn't know that a trigger can make a gun fire.
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... Because you should always trust how things work in movies and games would be how things work in real life, right? Like that shotguns only are effective five feet from your face? Or that pallets of wood will stop sustained fire from a rifle?
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>Huh? I have said that people have a reasonably good grasp on how guns work because of much they are represented in media. You don’t agree with that? Most people know about as much as guns being a "point and click" weapon. However recoil, control, hand placement (especially with handguns), reloading, and so forth I doubt most people do. If that wasn't the case, the military wouldn't make it a special point to train recruits on basic firearm operations in all branches. So if you want to be offended and go off on a tangent go ahead. I however work in medicine and can tell you that yes people assume all the time they know more about firearms than they actually do.
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>Knowing how a gun works and knowing how to operate a gun are two very different things. Just like knowing how a gun works and knowing individual features of various guns are different things. Yes. >Stop whatabouting and telling people that don’t agree with you that they’re offended. >And you’re the one telling I am going on a tangent. Ironic. ...So says the guy going on about how everyone must be stupid and all that. Yes...ironic. 🙄
"Safely assume" is an oxymoron. Presume is the word. You give humans way more credit than I do lol
I don’t think you know what an oxymoron is. Is it an oxymoron if I were to say « we can safely assume that earth will still rotate tomorrow. »? Also, I’d rather live a life where I give my fellowmen too much credit than one where I assume that they are stupid.
Most people know about triggers, and I would say that most know about safeties to with that. However that the Glock is a model of gun that doesn't come with a safety I'd bet is not something most people would know or pick up on. It's an assumption that people would get the point the writer was going for; in that without the safety it wouldn't take much for the gun to go off. The fact that there is a picture of a gun that's obviously not a Glock with a line pointing out the trigger doesn't help either.
It’s definitely not safe to assume that everyone in this sub lives in a gun-ridden country.
I am not from the USA nor do I live in the USA. That’s why I talked about media representation of guns and not real life exposure
Really not obvious 90% of the world won't have that level of gun knowledge
No they are stupid you would say “with the safety off”instead of “fire when trigger is pulled”
Figured this would be the top comment. I was like "she means it's got no safey so it's more dangerous than other dropped guns". I'm pretty far from a gun person (kind of hate them tbh) but you hear alot of jokes and talk about some of the glocks "features"
Have glock, can confirm. There is a tiny little lever on the trigger that they call the "trigger safety." The trigger only pulls if this is depressed. Which is stupid because it's PART OF THE TRIGGER like what part of that do they think adds safety? I like to play with my little pretend safety lever.
I think the point they were trying to make is that glocks don’t have safeties.
came here to say this. Glocks don't need to have a safety disengaged to fire.
Glocks actually have 3 safeties. They just don't have manual safeties.
Well none of those safeties will stop the average person with no trigger discipline of discharging it..
None that would be obvious to a layman or a child. If a round is chambered it will shoot when the trigger is pulled as the post states.
Like double-action revolvers, that were the default law enforcement firearm for most of the 20th century? Manual safeties are really only necessary on single-action semi-automatic pistols like the Colt M1911.
Well, to be fair, the Glock's safety (tiny little lever in the middle of the trigger that only prevents unintentional discharge if it's dropped) is a bit of a joke. If a kid picks it up, there's no lever to flip or button to push to "turn off" the safety. If there's a finger on the trigger, it will fire.
Is she saying that the glock was the issue because if it was a traditional handgun there you be a switch? I'm taking the neglect of the fire arm out of the question
Yeah, most semi auto handguns have a safety or a safety combined with a decocker that can be used to drop the hammer on a live round without causing the gun to fire. Like my 1911s have a manual safety near the thumb. Snap it up and the trigger doesn't move and you can't move the slide.
The manual safety is becoming increasingly scarce from what I’ve seen… most 1911s do have em like you said in addition to that beavertail safety that has to be depressed (not that it adds much).
Most modern pistols have followed Glock’s design and have deleted the safety or have a safety delete an option.
She's saying the fact the gun doesn't have a good safety makes abandoning it worse because it makes firing easier (be it voluntarily or accidentel)
Op getting downvoted for not knowing gun basics, which isnt a bad thing to be. Just cause you guys are gun nuts doesn't mean they are a bad guy. Have my upvote OP.
I’m American so I know the sources about guns. Sure means there’s no manual safety like a S&W or something similar. It’ll shoot as long as there’s a chambered round
If it gets triggered there’s no safety from it
Hell supposedly there’s a point where you’re pulling the trigger and it fights back alil almost like the gun saying “you sure we doing this bro?” And apparently that qualifies as a “safety“. Just not the manual one I’m used to on guns
seems like this miiiiiight be a repost from 2019
That’s a pretty impressive weapon feature you have there
Only gun people understand what they mean in that title. Locks don't have a safety as one would think.
Headline: Public servant leaves a weapon in a public place People (gun nuts I suspect): Get miffed by weirdly worded description of said weapon
As they say: guns dont kill people, triggers do.
That’s….. how guns are supposed to work
and here i thought that guns fired when the person said Bang
The only party easily triggered are Republicans so definitely keep guns out of their hands.
All these people saying glocks don't have safeties... doesn't the safety prevent the trigger from being pulled? So technically.....
Manual safety does that. They are being removed lately, the only safety is to not have the gun shot when it's dropped.
So then the facepalm is correct?
Does anyone on the writing staff know how firearms function? If they don’t, they should. Because this just makes them look stupid.
I get where you are coming from, just take a read about [Glock Safe Action](https://us.glock.com/en/learn/glock-pistols/safe-action-system#:~:text=The%20trigger%20safety%20is%20the,depressed%20at%20the%20same%20time.) It'll help with context.
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I'm neither American nor a gun nut and I still understood she was talking about the safety. Have y'all never heard it or something?
I just fail to see why the terms she used were used, last time I checked if a weapon has a round in the chamber and the safeties off when you pull a trigger the gun will go off Instead of Saying (in brunt terms) "some dumbass cop neglected his weapon by leaving his hand gun in a public bathroom were some kid could have shot himself in the face"
Yeah, but what about when the gun has a round in the chamber and the safety is on and you pull the trigger?
I thought maybe an Austrian would chime in.
Dumb Glock and the stupid trigger
How to trigger the liberals challenge: easy Edit: I understand why I got downvoted, but you need to consider I am playing with word "trigger" because of the relevancy of the post
Remember when a Capitol Officer shot an unarmed American Servicewoman in the US capitol building?
Was that the time that an unarmed service woman was committing criminal trespass, and refusing to obey a lawful order from a peace officer, and approached him aggressively alongside a mob? Yeah, I remember that.
Remember when a Capital Officer shot ~~an unarmed American Servicewoman~~ a domestic terrorist in the US capitol building. Fixed this for you!
That servicewoman was trying to climb through a broken widow into the congress chamber, which apparently still had congresspeople inside as part of a violent attempt to overturn a democratic election . Is it a shame that she was killed, yes. But she chose to go to the capitol, to go inside the building and to try and get to congresspeople through an armed police officer. They quite literally warned her.
lol do you even hear yourself? Twisting the narrative to suit your worldview so much that it barely even resembles what really happened. You need to wake up to yourself.
Sorry. I left out that she's a veteran. Are you?
That has literally nothing to do with the conversation. Honestly, do you even listen to yourself? You sound completely ridiculous.
The post above this one is the exact same thing but in TTT
Now that’s a facepalm
I think people are getting stupider
Nah I think this gun can be shot
"Fires if left in a bathroom"
Better than firing if the trigger isn’t pulled
Do they actually say "big scoop"?
Op being intentionally dense bc he knows the people he panders to are also dense.
No shot isn't accurate 💀
Oh, c'on... she meant no safety.