[QUOTE=Carl in Tampa;990240]I was a factory trained and certified Glock armorer. If you want it to fire, the trigger must be pulled.
The person who discussed the possible modification of the weight of the trigger pull apparently does not realize that changing the weight at which the trigger "breaks" to fire the pistol does not change the distance that the trigger must be pulled before the pistol will fire.
Please don't misquote me. If you go back and read my statement "carefully" you will see that I never mentioned the "distance" of the trigger, only the "resistance" of the trigger.
While a factory trained and certified Glock armorer sounds impressive, all Glock stocking firearm dealers across the US (which I was for 20+ years) are given this same course free of charge (at their choice of training locations) every single year just for selling their guns. It is an informative hands on course though which teaches all aspects of the Glock firearm.
Why are there so many accidential police discharges with their duty weapons? My take is because too many law enforcement officers become to cocky/comfortable with their weapon and think that because of their intensive training and their job, they are incapable of making such a careless mistake. In my county back in TN we had a Sheriff who was elected on his credentials of having been a former FBI agent in the state of New York. After he was elected it later came to be known that when he worked for the FBI in NY, he shot himself in the foot with his duty Glock and afterward became the laughing stock of that NY agency! On a more tragic note, one of our long time county deputies was at home on his porch with his son cleaning firearms, when he passed his son his "unloaded" Glock service weapon to clean. This gun went off in his teenage son's chest killing him instantly!
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