I love my Glock. It’s the only pistols I own. But no matter how you pitch it, a safety in my eyes is something that prevents the gun from firing when the trigger is pulled in ANY way, and the Glock does not have that. That being said, to quote someone from a earlier comment, “the best safety is a functioning brain and a proper holster”. And if you can’t handle the gun without accidentally pulling the trigger, you shouldn’t own any gun.
Saying "if you can’t handle the gun without accidentally pulling the trigger, you shouldn’t own any gun" is like saying "if you can't drive a car without crashing, you shouldn't be owning a car." Guess what. Shit happens, often outside of our control. A manual safety on a firearm is akin to a seatbelt in a car.
My only issue is that it's actually, "if you can't handle the gun FOR HOWEVER LONG YOU OWN IT AND HOW MANY TIMES YOU USE IT without EVER (NOT ONCE) accidentally pulling the trigger OR GETTING A PIECE OF CLOTHES CAUGHT IN THE TRIGGER GUARD, you ..." It just takes one lapse, one mistake, one time taking a shortcut, one time being complacent. You need to be 100% mistake free. Not many people can do that in anything. That said, you could say the same thing about a manual safety on an SA gun or the decocker on a SA/DA gun. If you forget to engage it just once, you're holstering with a hair (SA trigger). Or, if you forget to disengage a safety when you draw just once, you could be *click* "shit!" *boom* dead. About the safest you could be would be carrying a very heavy DAO, but then it's hard to hit anything fast. Either way, training is the key to keeping the chance of a mistake as low as possible.
Dude! Quit the krap ! There have been many holster discharges on Glocks , SIG , and Walthers. Guns tgat dont have external safety. The safe way to carry Glock is not to chamber a round. I'd rather FUDD it with 1911 , 2011, M9 ,or M17 . Guns that do have real safety.
I love my Glock. It’s the only pistols I own. But no matter how you pitch it, a safety in my eyes is something that prevents the gun from firing when the trigger is pulled in ANY way, and the Glock does not have that. That being said, to quote someone from a earlier comment, “the best safety is a functioning brain and a proper holster”.
And if you can’t handle the gun without accidentally pulling the trigger, you shouldn’t own any gun.
Well said
Saying "if you can’t handle the gun without accidentally pulling the trigger, you shouldn’t own any gun" is like saying "if you can't drive a car without crashing, you shouldn't be owning a car." Guess what. Shit happens, often outside of our control. A manual safety on a firearm is akin to a seatbelt in a car.
My only issue is that it's actually, "if you can't handle the gun FOR HOWEVER LONG YOU OWN IT AND HOW MANY TIMES YOU USE IT without EVER (NOT ONCE) accidentally pulling the trigger OR GETTING A PIECE OF CLOTHES CAUGHT IN THE TRIGGER GUARD, you ..." It just takes one lapse, one mistake, one time taking a shortcut, one time being complacent. You need to be 100% mistake free. Not many people can do that in anything.
That said, you could say the same thing about a manual safety on an SA gun or the decocker on a SA/DA gun. If you forget to engage it just once, you're holstering with a hair (SA trigger). Or, if you forget to disengage a safety when you draw just once, you could be *click* "shit!" *boom* dead. About the safest you could be would be carrying a very heavy DAO, but then it's hard to hit anything fast.
Either way, training is the key to keeping the chance of a mistake as low as possible.
Best most thorough spot-on Glock safety presentation I've seen. Great stuff, downloaded to my firearm vids folder. Thanks Mr. Westcott.
Best safeties are the brain and a good holster.
Agreed
but what about stupid people with guns or bad holsters?
as long as everyone has the right to bear arms you must consider an idiot getting it.
@@Nagria2112the idiots would probably be dead or in prison id imagine
Don’t usually comment but super quality video! Keep consistent cuz u got a talent!
Nicely done...
Wow! Cellular level. Amazing
love the brevity
Your mom loves the brevity
This is an almost verbatim copy of guns of the west channels Glock safety video he did 6 years ago
I noticed that
all tools are safe to handle with or without safety if the person knows how to handle the tools.....
I have a question what is the name of the light that you have on your Glock
Osprey
Thanks for the info
Dude! Quit the krap ! There have been many holster discharges on Glocks , SIG , and Walthers. Guns tgat dont have external safety. The safe way to carry Glock is not to chamber a round. I'd rather FUDD it with 1911 , 2011, M9 ,or M17 . Guns that do have real safety.
Ok bud 🙄
but what about stupid people with guns or bad holsters?
as long as everyone has the right to bear arms you must consider an idiot getting it.
What about stupid drivers… you can’t change the rules because people are dumb.