Gun's holster is blamed for officer wounding himself

Chesterfield Observer ^ | May 24, 2006 | Greg Pearson

[cpdiii]

Anybody that would remove the grip safety from a 1911 or rubber band it down is an idiot and should not have a pistol.

[gc4nra]

There is a difference between teenage stupidity and terminal stupidity, teenage stupidity is often outgrown, but if not it becomes terminal.

[absolootezer0]

Anybody that would remove the grip safety from a 1911 or rubber band it down is an idiot and should not have a pistol.

some guys shooting idpa, ipsc, or pins do it on their race guns. supposedly shaves off a few tenths. but then, those guys train with their pistols like that probably more in a week than most of us do in a year. doing it for that reason is like pro bench shooters or pro cowboy shooters lightening trigger pull into the ounces, or a pro trap shooter using a release trigger. its intentional, its someone who trains extensively. but a guy that doesn't train daily like that is an ND waiting to happen.

[Double Tap]

Back 20 years or so it was fairly common practice to pin the grip safety on a 1911. Dumb idea, but fairly common.

[11Bush]

Basiclly, all of your posts are 'cops are stupid'. What is the reason for such hostility? Crook, drug dealer, dumbass, or other?

I will jump on any cop that is stupid, corrupt, or other specific shortfall, but to call all cops stupid is too broad a brush to be ignored. My father was on the job for over 20 years making his community safe, and he is proud of his service, as am I. Calling my father stupid just doesn't get it.

[PeterPrinciple]

According to David's Charlottesville attorney, Bryan Slaughter of Michie Hamlett Lowry Rasmussen & Tweel, David was unsure of where he bought the pancake-style holster, thus requiring two lawsuits.

Talk about going fishing........................

[trebb]

Thanks - yes, He was letting them know that works and rites and other such stuff (from when they insisted on having the Commandments handed to them) would not do it, because they were incapable of following the rules and one "minor" infraction carried the death penalty. Without His sacrifice, all were doomed.

Have a blessed day.

[RogueIsland]

i don't see it in the article, but let me make a guess. cop had a glock right? have these cops *still* not learned that its a very bad idea to carry a DA pistol with a round chambered?

Don't let Gaston hear you call it a Glock a DA. He insists on calling it Safe Action. In reality, it's a pre-tensioned constant-action intermediate between DA and SA. We really need a new term.

And there's absolutely nothing wrong with carrying a DA with a round chambered as long as you carry it in a holster that covers the trigger guard. I've done so for years (although my Sig has a much heavier DA pull than the Glock). I don't know why you would carry it any other way.

[Dosa26]

Yep - he's too stupid to carry a firearm...I guess if he was trying to put a gun in a jacket pocket and he had a pen or other object in the pocket that hit the trigger and caused the gun to fire,

I watched a buddy do something similar. He was moving his pistol from his front to back pocket and having a bit of trouble. I jumped 4 feet sideways when I saw he was pushing a pen around in his back pocket to make room. He says "What's wrong Mike?" I said "you just came this close to shootin' yourself in the ass."

[absolootezer0]

i have had very few good dealings with cops. i try to put a "most" in front of cops, but in general, no, i don't like them. very few of them that i have met is anything more than a power hungry thug. i have known a few good ones, but anymore most of them seem to either be waiting to retire or new hires that that only got into police work to legally bully people. the vast majority of cops see more intent on generating revenue by harassing people than they are in any actual policing of the communities.
there are good cops, just like there are good politicians, its just that they seem to be few and far between.

[RogueIsland]

Anybody that would remove the grip safety from a 1911 or rubber band it down is an idiot and should not have a pistol.

IIRC, John Moses Browning didn't want the grip safety on the 1911. The Army forced it on him to win the contract.

[newguy357]

Nice tag line - most people don't realize Jesus was speaking to Jews when he said it. shalom

I'm not sure if you're implying what I think you might be, but "no one" covers everyone pretty well....

[The Old Hoosier]

[Dead Corpse]

Utter Bravo Sierra.

[DariusBane]

Too add to your confusion...

Is he saying that Jesus would have shot himself and sued, or maybe shot himself but not sued, or perhaps, Jesus would not have shot himself, then sued anyway?????

I am really confused.

[brazzaville]

Good morning.
"grip safeties removed or rubber banded down?"

Why on Earth would anyone do that to a 1911? What reason would they have for doing it?

Michael Frazier

[Tarantulas]

Basiclly, all of your posts are 'cops are stupid'. What is the reason for such hostility? Crook, drug dealer, dumbass, or other?

Most of the people who don't like our Sheriff have been his guest at the Crossbar Motel, a little Bed & Breakfast that he runs downtown. They get to wear his trademark pink underwear, and it ruins their dispositions toward law enforcement. When you're in uniform you can always tell those guys because of the way they look daggers at you. This one sounds like one of those.

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

pro trap shooter using a release trigger

Is that what it sounds like? Scary, very scary...

Regards,
GtG

[newguy357]

Good point. My guess, from the context of the verse, is that Jesus would have shot non-Jews only, sued the Jews for their diamond riches, and then attended an anti-war rally, because we all know that God is not Republican.

[absolootezer0]

release trigger? yup, sounds very scarey. you hold it down and release trigger to shoot. but if that's what you train with and that's what you use, and you use it enough that you're safe with it.. that's fine.
i'd probably never own one. just like i'd never set a trigger to an obnoxiously low weight. because i'm not used to it, i would be dangerous with it.