XDMWarrior said:
Rhodes said:
...the first Springfield had a leg up on the box shaped unsafe Glocks.
The Glock is only
unsafe in
unsafe hands. If someone needs manual safeties, a grip safety or a heavy trigger to be
safe then it's a personal issue, not one with the Glock.
I couldn't help myself. A friend of mine hd his Glock 9mm in his pocket( I know, you don't have to say it), and he had to go to the bathroom in an extreme hurry. Needless to say, he dropped his pants and the trigger snagged on the latch/pin in his belt and fired a round staright up through his roof. Needless to say he had no problem relieving himself. :lol: He also relieved himself of the Glock.
Personally I don't see why Glock hasn't added in a grip safety on their weapons. I do agree with the heavier trigger. I have been going to get my lightened up, but never have done so. The XDM is just a better feeling pistol to me. I don't really care about the XD models either. They have they same boxy frames as the Glocks do. The new compact xdm is a great feeling little pistol.
You couldn't help yourself from making a stupid, false comment because your friend made a dangerous, irresponsible mistake that luckily didn't cost him or anyone else their life? What does that say about you?
I hope your friend doesn't believe that getting rid of the Glock got rid of the problem. Next time the ND will just come from something that says Springfield or Sig or S&W....
As to why Glock doesn't add a grip safety to it's weapon design, I agree with dcannon that it's just something else to fail.
I had an XD45 that I liked, except for the crappy trigger, that worked fine and was perfectly safe without the grip safety. I know this because after a couple hundred rounds the grip safety failed and the pistol would fire without it being pressed. Before I sent it to be repaired it never once fired without the trigger being pulled or found it's way into contact with my belt (from a pocket :roll: ).
Maybe Glock should add an audio safety that says "If you have picked me up and have no experience with handling firearms safely please put me down and ask someone who does to show you the basics. If you are just irresponsible then put me down and go away until you grow up, additional safeties will not help you. If you continue to handle me do not insert anything into my trigger guard unless you want me to fire. Also, please do not make up stupid stories if you put something into my trigger guard and I go off".
