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To: simpson96

How much pressure is required to pull the trigger and can a toddler manage that?


7 posted on 08/17/2021 2:02:24 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (I miss out mean tweeting, man spreading, room owning President…)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

It depends on the gun.

Let’s say 7 pounds, which is typical for a striker fired gun.

Could be less or more though.


13 posted on 08/17/2021 2:07:36 PM PDT by OKSooner (Always say, "After the fair trial".)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Unless the toddler can be seen in the video, I believe it was the boyfriend who shot her and blamed the kid.


18 posted on 08/17/2021 2:10:57 PM PDT by Trumplican
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To: gov_bean_ counter

That’s what I’ve been thinking. How would a toddler know to even point a gun, much less even know to hold it right?


21 posted on 08/17/2021 2:13:40 PM PDT by White Lives Matter
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To: gov_bean_ counter
Couldn’t happen with a pistol with a grip safety. A firm grip is required to fire a round, I don’t think any toddler could accomplish that.

I’m thinking it will was a .22.

29 posted on 08/17/2021 2:34:01 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

4-5 lbs pull. Easy.


36 posted on 08/17/2021 2:38:48 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

I’m sure my younger son could have fired one of my pistols when he was a toddler. I kept them locked up.


37 posted on 08/17/2021 2:40:22 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: gov_bean_ counter
How much pressure is required to pull the trigger and can a toddler manage that?

No, but a boyfriend can.

39 posted on 08/17/2021 2:42:56 PM PDT by Jim Noble (The nation cannot be saved until the GOP is destroyed)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

I have stock Glocks that measure less than 3 lbs on my pull scale. A toddler could easily manage that. I have adjustable triggers down to under a lb one of my F class rifle breaks at 6 ounces of pull.


49 posted on 08/17/2021 4:07:30 PM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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To: gov_bean_ counter
How much pressure is required to pull the trigger and can a toddler manage that?

Answer - not a lot if it's a Glock, or a Glock clone. Striker fired, cocked all the time with NO SAFETY.

(No, that silly little lever in the trigger is NOT a safety. A safety will prevent the gun from firing when the trigger is pulled. See the 1911, Beretta 92, all Walthers, und=und-und.

50 posted on 08/17/2021 4:35:45 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan (Eleutheromaniac)
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