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Policeman fires gun !!!!!

Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:47 am
by fly_on_the_wall
have a read

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0 ... 61,00.html

hmmmm, wonder what the outcome of this will be ? makes u wonder why they dont have pistols with saftey catches.

can any officer confirm whether their service issue glock has a safety ? for memory, i dont think so.

major compensation suit ?

regards

Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:13 am
by GC101
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:16 am
by fly_on_the_wall
i have not made my mind up about anything but until it is further clarified, no one on the forum really knows wat happened so i typed it as i read it.

Re: Policeman fires gun !!!!!

Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 12:27 pm
by Walks
fly_on_the_wall wrote:can any officer confirm whether their service issue glock has a safety ? for memory, i dont think so.
It's called your finger. :wink:

Walks.

Re: Policeman fires gun !!!!!

Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 12:36 pm
by Whiskey1Urgent
Walks wrote:
fly_on_the_wall wrote:can any officer confirm whether their service issue glock has a safety ? for memory, i dont think so.
It's called your finger. :wink:

Walks.
You been watching Blackhawk Down again haven't ya buddy ?? :lol:

Re: Policeman fires gun !!!!!

Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 12:49 pm
by danny
Whiskey1Urgent wrote:
Walks wrote:
fly_on_the_wall wrote:can any officer confirm whether their service issue glock has a safety ? for memory, i dont think so.
It's called your finger. :wink:

Walks.
You been watching Blackhawk Down again haven't ya buddy ?? :lol:
Good flick that one...!!

Re: Policeman fires gun !!!!!

Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 1:07 pm
by T.E.O.
fly_on_the_wall wrote:have a read

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0 ... 61,00.html

hmmmm, wonder what the outcome of this will be ? makes u wonder why they dont have pistols with saftey catches.

can any officer confirm whether their service issue glock has a safety ? for memory, i dont think so.

major compensation suit ?

regards
the glock has 3 safetys

Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:49 pm
by bcnu
thats one of the worst articles I have ever read.

Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:35 pm
by Turbo
They should be aloud to give "warning shots" to the leg in my opinion :P

Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:36 pm
by brad_88
haha yeh no shit hey a shot to the knee or something

Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:25 pm
by Spartan
I thought the Glock had 'pressure' safety too, i.e you can't fire unless your hand is in exactly the right place.

or did I dream the one?

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:12 pm
by herrgott
You dreamt that one. :D

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:54 pm
by bcnu
or you could be thinking of the trigger safety, 1 of the 3 mentioned earlier. if your finger isnt on the trigger properly it wont fire.

See images on www.tea-and-medals.co.uk/glock18c.htm interesting artictle to go with it. The guy seems like a bit of a nut, glad we arnt in America, Ill stick with Lone Rangers to shoot it.

Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:01 pm
by herrgott
That's not the same version of Glock that's in use in Western Australia, but yeah I suppose you can get the idea from it regarding the trigger safety.

The trigger safety is designed to allow the firearm to only be fired when the trigger's squeezed. It means the trigger won't go off when the gun's dropped or pressed from the side by an object.

Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 7:10 pm
by ryno
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