Feed: tacticalprofessor
Title: Negative Outcome from Holsterless Carry
Author: tacticalprofessor
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2022 16:01:08 -0400
Link: https://thetacticalprofessor.net/2022/11/03/negative-outcome-from-holsterless-carry/


 “A man has died after a gun accidentally discharged while in the pocket of a
 sweatshirt”
 Brown County Sheriff’s Office

https://www.wlwt.com/article/brown-county-ohio-accidental-gun-discharge-death/41
854707[1]

The man was found dead by his girlfriend in the backyard with a gunshot wound to
the abdomen. That single wound resulted in his demise.

 “Authorities say a 9mm handgun was found in Hauser’s front sweatshirt pocket,
 with a single shell casing found in the same pocket of the sweatshirt.
 Officials added that fabric from the sweatshirt was found to be lodged in the
 [ejection port] of the firearm and the gun appeared to have gone off while
 inside the pocket of the sweatshirt.”

I have carried double action revolvers using a Barami Hip-Grip with an uncovered
trigger guard for many years without incident. As my colleague Chuck Haggard[2]
has noted, both the trigger and cylinder have to move through a relatively long
cycle to make the gun fire in that configuration. Striker Fired Autoloaders are
a completely different story. As Massad Ayoob noted many years ago:

 “What’s the good thing about a Glock? It’s easy to shoot. What’s the bad thing
 about a Glock? It’s easy to shoot.”

It takes very little to make a Striker Fired Autoloader go off. Holsterless
carry with them is foolish. Numerous manufacturers make trigger guard covers for
SFAs. If you need a minimalist carry option, at least use one of them.

[image 1 (link #4)][3]

Links:
[1]: https://www.wlwt.com/article/brown-county-ohio-accidental-gun-discharge-death/41854707 (link)
[2]: https://agiletactical.com/ (link)
[3]: https://tacticalprofessor.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/glock-trigger-cover.jpg (link)
[4]: https://tacticalprofessor.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/glock-trigger-cover.jpg?w=500 (image)