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cntryboy1289 · November 29, 2005, 08:34 PM

It could just as easily happen that in a struggle with a bad guy that somehow the mag gets dropped out of the gun and the LEO gets shot because his new fangled gun won't fire without the mag in it. That feature can be both a blessing and your worst nightmare.

Safeties are there for one reason, to make sure you don't have an accidental discharge. Yes, the poster is 100% correct in his statement the shooter is the safety, but there are situations where a grip safety is a good thing to have. Take for example when a guy sits down and somehow his holstered 45ACP goes off simply because he disconnected the grip safety and although he carries his gun cocked and locked, somehow it just went off and shot him in the backside. You might wish one day that you didn't disconnect it.

I won't go into a spiel about why you need to not do what you are doing, I will simply say that if there is ever an accident with one of your guns, you will be held at fault. If you don't mind that, I don't either.

November 29, 2005, 08:34 PM	#9
cntryboy1289 Senior Member Join Date: July 19, 2004 Location: Ms Posts: 1,160	different take on it It could just as easily happen that in a struggle with a bad guy that somehow the mag gets dropped out of the gun and the LEO gets shot because his new fangled gun won't fire without the mag in it. That feature can be both a blessing and your worst nightmare. Safeties are there for one reason, to make sure you don't have an accidental discharge. Yes, the poster is 100% correct in his statement the shooter is the safety, but there are situations where a grip safety is a good thing to have. Take for example when a guy sits down and somehow his holstered 45ACP goes off simply because he disconnected the grip safety and although he carries his gun cocked and locked, somehow it just went off and shot him in the backside. You might wish one day that you didn't disconnect it. I won't go into a spiel about why you need to not do what you are doing, I will simply say that if there is ever an accident with one of your guns, you will be held at fault. If you don't mind that, I don't either.