Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari Digest, Vol 17, Issue 9

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Never liked Glocks much myself.  Too light - makes them buzz my  
hands.  Starts to sting after the first couple hundred rounds.  Always  
prefered H&K for auto and S&W for wheel.

Had the little baby Glock in .45.  Only three fingers on the grip.   
Damn thing used to make me feel like it was tearing my hand off after  
2 clips.

Scottie

On Dec 5, 2007, at 4:05 PM, Dave Handa wrote:

>  Quote below from Dr. Steve:
>
> "Dave, not too long ago I read that Glock handguns had injured more  
> police
> officers that carried then (due to accidental discharges), than have  
> shot
> bad
> guys while in the hands of police officers. Personally, though I  
> know that
> they are less expensive than a Sig, I don't understand why  
> professionals
> whose
> life may depend on this particular tool at some phase of their  
> career would
>
> choose to carry a Glock, but many do. It must be the same reason why  
> some
> folks
> drive Vipers and Corvettes rather than Ferraris."
>
>
> Steve,
> I am unsure what kind of bullshit you are reading, but that  
> statistic is so
> full of holes that even a guy with as many abbreviations after his  
> name as
> you should be able to debunk that.  First, police officers have always
> historically negligently discharged their weapons more than they  
> have shot
> bad guys.  No big news there.  Almost every cop I know draws his  
> weapon on
> an almost daily basis, but none of them have ever shot anyone (and I
> personally know of a couple cops that have ND'd their issue pistols,  
> and no,
> they were not Glocks).  So, with all this gun handling, do you think  
> the
> chance of a negligent discharge goes up?  Also there are more Glocks  
> issued
> to LE than any other gun...probably around 75% as of today.  So  
> certainly
> there is a larger data base of incidents with Glocks overall than  
> any other
> pistol in general issue.
>
> Glock pistols do not cause police officers to negligently discharge  
> their
> guns into themselves.  The Glock pistol works EXACTLY as designed.   
> Press
> the trigger and it will launch a bullet into whatever you are  
> pointing it
> at.  So what is the problem?  Violation of the Universal Firearms  
> Rules:
>
> 1)  All guns are always loaded.
>
> 2)  Never point a gun at anything you are not willing to shoot.
>
> 3)  Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the  
> target.
>
> 4)  Be sure of your target and what is behind and beyond your target.
>
>
> Most all professional gun men have a great respect for the Glock  
> pistol,
> whether they own or carry one, or not.  Unfortunately, there are a  
> lot of
> gun owners (LE included) who are not as "professional" in their gun  
> handling
> as they should be.
>
>
>
>
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