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Author: 10 News Staff, WTSP
Published: 8:35 AM EDT July 20, 2014
Updated: 4:11 PM EDT July 20, 2014
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Tampa, Florida — Tampa Police are investigating a homicide that took place Saturday evening.
The homicide occurred at 810 E. Skagway, Club Supa D’s.
The victim’s next of kin has not been notified at this time.
There are no new updates or suspect description at this time.
10 News will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.

I worked off duty at this club for several years. They replaced us with a armed security guard around this time. The guard was armed with a Beretta 92FS. Witnesses said that when he drew his pistol and pointed at the perp, who was armed with an AK47, his magazine fell out. This is why TPD never issued a service pistol, including the S&W M&P with this feature. BTW the mag release on this model is located to the lower rear of the trigger guard.

I can't see how this argues in favor of Glocks/et.al. The issue with Glocks is the lack of a proper safety, not mag release design. If you'd shown that the security guy hadn't worked his safety, that might mean something.

Now, if one has to carry a 92, (or any DA/SA pistol) in circumstances where it really was likely that you'd have to deploy it quickly, you have the option of carrying it decocked, with safety off. Since the first trigger pull is long and heavy, there'd be a very, very small chance that you'd ND when drawing. We know from reading the gun press that this does happen with Glocks due to the light, short trigger pull. (I especially like the stories of hoods shooting themselves in the junk.)

Reholstering, you'd operate the decocker, so there's zero chance for a ND due to snagging the trigger, which is how guys shoot themselves in the leg with their Glocks. You CANNOT say that doesn't happen.