Kano383
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Not only on 1911s... I would like to know: anyone ever forgets to disengage the safety when drawing a gun with a 1911-type frame mounted safety? I'm not talking about those clumsy backward-working, stiff-as-hell, slide mounted contraptions found on several guns, but of proper safeties, ergonomically designed.
Does anyone know about incidents where a LEO or other professional got killed because of the safety on a SA cocked-and-locked gun (getting "confused" by the complexity of that lever, or forgetting about it, or fumbling helplessly, or whatever)?
I'm asking because I often read statements to the effect that a safety on a pistol "may confuse the shooter". Since I can't remember having ever been confused by the safety on my rifle, or my 1911, even under stress, I always wondered about that argument.
Does anyone know about incidents where a LEO or other professional got killed because of the safety on a SA cocked-and-locked gun (getting "confused" by the complexity of that lever, or forgetting about it, or fumbling helplessly, or whatever)?
I'm asking because I often read statements to the effect that a safety on a pistol "may confuse the shooter". Since I can't remember having ever been confused by the safety on my rifle, or my 1911, even under stress, I always wondered about that argument.