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<blockquote data-quote="Waltercat" data-source="post: 4146999" data-attributes="member: 52025"><p>Below is from the web. I still contend Glocks are fine guns. My point is back to them missing the</p><p>market for the external safety. In reading the article below it seems a number of people feel the same.</p><p>It's a matter of choice of course and Glock should realize that. Maybe their sale are such that it's of no</p><p>concern in the US market. I don't know.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The underlying problem with these pistols is a short trigger pull and the<strong> lack of an external safety.</strong> In real-world encounters, a short trigger pull can be lethal, in part because a significant percentage of law enforcement officers — some experts say as high as 20% — put their finger on the trigger of their weapons when under stress. According to firearms trainers, most officers are completely unaware of their tendency to do this and have a hard time believing it, even when they’re shown video evidence from training exercises.</p><p></p><p>For more than 35 years, officer-involved accidental discharges with Glocks and Glock-like weapons have been blamed on a lack of training or negligence on the part of the individual cops. What critics should be addressing instead is the brutal reality that short trigger pulls and natural human reflexes are a deadly combination.</p><p></p><p>Though short trigger-pull guns dominate the law enforcement market, they aren’t the only game in town. A number of major and minor agencies use guns with much longer double-action triggers that are just as easy to fire deliberately but that are much harder to fire accidentally. The half-inch difference of trigger travel may not sound like much, but it can be the difference between life and death.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Waltercat, post: 4146999, member: 52025"] Below is from the web. I still contend Glocks are fine guns. My point is back to them missing the market for the external safety. In reading the article below it seems a number of people feel the same. It's a matter of choice of course and Glock should realize that. Maybe their sale are such that it's of no concern in the US market. I don't know. The underlying problem with these pistols is a short trigger pull and the[B] lack of an external safety.[/B] In real-world encounters, a short trigger pull can be lethal, in part because a significant percentage of law enforcement officers — some experts say as high as 20% — put their finger on the trigger of their weapons when under stress. According to firearms trainers, most officers are completely unaware of their tendency to do this and have a hard time believing it, even when they’re shown video evidence from training exercises. For more than 35 years, officer-involved accidental discharges with Glocks and Glock-like weapons have been blamed on a lack of training or negligence on the part of the individual cops. What critics should be addressing instead is the brutal reality that short trigger pulls and natural human reflexes are a deadly combination. Though short trigger-pull guns dominate the law enforcement market, they aren’t the only game in town. A number of major and minor agencies use guns with much longer double-action triggers that are just as easy to fire deliberately but that are much harder to fire accidentally. The half-inch difference of trigger travel may not sound like much, but it can be the difference between life and death. [/QUOTE]
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