Open carry in Oklahoma

Platapus · 11-03-12, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

hopefully his Glock will have its safety on

That being said, I am rather rusty on the nature of modern pistols, and being a Brit we don't get into that really, we prefer knives...

Just a nit to pick until it bleeds.

Glocks do not have a separate safety in the context of many other semi-automatic pistols.

The Glock's inherent safety features are a double action only design and firing pin lock. There is also a trigger locking latch which, in my opinion, does not really do much.

But in any case, in the traditional sense, Glocks do not have a manually operated safety. Everything is internal.

Being a Yank, we DO get in to this stuff.

Platapus · 11-03-12, 01:51 PM

It should be noted that high quality handguns are tested under these and more stringent drop tests.

Not firing when dropped is the rational behind locking firing pins: Two actions, 90 degrees apart in direction have to occur in the proper order and timing before the boom.

This is why police are naturally suspicious when people claim that they dropped their gun and "accidentally" killed their rich uncle/business partner/spouse...

Cheap handguns? Well that's another story.
I would not trust a manual safety on a cheap handgun at all.

geetrue · 11-03-12, 02:02 PM

Wow! I learned something today ... thak you Platapus
your better than google

I remember when I bought my tarus 44 special and asked where the safety was at.

The gun shop owner said, "Try to pull the trigger"

It was very hard to do due to the 9lb pull
then he said, "That's the safety"

Here's a state they need open and carry legally due to it is already carry.

1. Flint, Michigan
Violent crimes per 1,000: 23.4
Population: 102,357
2011 murders: 52
Median income: $22,672
Unemployment rate: 18.9%

Platapus · 11-04-12, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by geetrue

I remember when I bought my tarus 44 special and asked where the safety was at.

Was that a Taurus Tracker?

Them's good shootin irons. I am not a fan of wheel guns, but the Tracker looks like a good un.

Oberon · 11-03-12, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Just a nit to pick until it bleeds.

Glocks do not have a separate safety in the context of many other semi-automatic pistols.

The Glock's inherent safety features are a double action only design and firing pin lock. There is also a trigger locking latch which, in my opinion, does not really do much.

But in any case, in the traditional sense, Glocks do not have a manually operated safety. Everything is internal.

Being a Yank, we DO get in to this stuff.

Dammit man, will you stop picking my nits! That's the second you've got me on!

Gonna pass out from loss of blood at this rate!

But yeah, my knowledge of guns is pretty rusty, never fired anything bigger than an air rifle in reality, my Mother and Father have, but that was a long time ago when they were members of a gun club, so they probably know more than I about the practical matters around pistols. I do know a couple of vague things about the Glocks, their high rate of fire for one thing, but that's just from computer games which aren't exactly a substitute for the real thing

Platapus · 11-03-12, 02:14 PM

That's OK, as an American I don't have insight into things common in the UK: Roundabouts, Queuing, and being polite and stuff.

Oberon · 11-03-12, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

That's OK, as an American I don't have insight into things common in the UK: Roundabouts, Queuing, and being polite and stuff.

Touché

11-03-12, 01:51 PM	#2
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,437 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	It should be noted that high quality handguns are tested under these and more stringent drop tests. Not firing when dropped is the rational behind locking firing pins: Two actions, 90 degrees apart in direction have to occur in the proper order and timing before the boom. This is why police are naturally suspicious when people claim that they dropped their gun and "accidentally" killed their rich uncle/business partner/spouse... Cheap handguns? Well that's another story. I would not trust a manual safety on a cheap handgun at all. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-03-12, 02:02 PM	#3
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Wow! I learned something today ... thak you Platapus your better than google I remember when I bought my tarus 44 special and asked where the safety was at. The gun shop owner said, "Try to pull the trigger" It was very hard to do due to the 9lb pull then he said, "That's the safety" Here's a state they need open and carry legally due to it is already carry. 1. Flint, Michigan Violent crimes per 1,000: 23.4 Population: 102,357 2011 murders: 52 Median income: $22,672 Unemployment rate: 18.9% __________________

11-03-12, 02:14 PM	#6
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,437 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	That's OK, as an American I don't have insight into things common in the UK: Roundabouts, Queuing, and being polite and stuff. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.