• Maoo [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      9 months ago

      Cops pretty much always carry Glocks.

      Glocks have a trigger safety that prevents them from firing when dropped or otherwise abused but make it very easy to begin firing without thinking.

      Cops prefer this setup because they’re lazy cruel cowards that want as little between them and filling a kid with bullets as possible.

      But they don’t fire accidentally.

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          9 months ago

          I think they went back on that because they were too frustrated at not being able to jump straight to killing people quite as easily.

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        9 months ago

        Glocks have a trigger safety that prevents them from firing when dropped

        It’s actually the fact that the striker is only half cocked and there’s a firing pin block. Pulling the trigger takes the striker from half cock to full cock and lifts the firing pin block out of the way.

        The trigger dingus is just part of the system but not the actual drop safe mechanism