[Travis McGee]

For sure was this pistol an H&K?

I think they are supposed to use a holster with a hole for a padlock. The padlock passes throught the trigger guard, BEHIND the trigger. You can’t push the pistol in any further, so the lock should not touch the trigger. You can’t pull the pistol out, the lock is in front of the grip.

BUT (just supposing here) what if you goofed up, and slid the lock through the holster, with the pistol NOT all the way forward? Then, the lock would be in FRONT of the trigger.

And if you then went and pushed the pistol the rest of the way in......would that give enough trigger travel to cause a discharge?

[dashing doofus]

Perhaps on a Glock, but an H&K USP would not fire under that scenario, assuming the safety/decocker was engaged and functioning, if I understand your scenario correctly.

[hiredhand]

I read a story on GunZone about an LEO who had an AD which was quite inadvertent and reminded of what you say about this one. He had on one of those nylon wind breakers with the tie strings in the bottom, and at the end of the string was a little plastic tightener. The tightener became lodged inside the trigger guard on his Glock and I think the AD occurred when he took the jacket off.