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)
