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Yeah dropping it was one thing I thought, the other was if the trigger is accidentally snagged? Or is there a safety mechanism involved as well that makes it safer to carry chambered?
For a pistol, you protect against trigger pulls with a holster that fully covers the trigger so nothing can touch it. You can also use a pistol with a manual safety, but that's not in vogue in the US any more because Glock got popular and now everybody thinks sweeping a safety off when you draw a weapon somehow adds time to the draw. For a long gun, you just use the safety and the trigger won't fire the gun.
Ah I see. Glocks don't have a safety? I'm surprised they are so popular then. Or maybe it's evidence that a safety is obsolete?
They have a "trigger" safety which prevents the trigger from moving if it's not depressed squarely on the front. They're also drop-safe. Most people will tell you a safety on a handgun is obsolete these days, but I don't agree. Fortunately a lot of manufacturers will still have thumb safety equipped models available, although not all of them.
I see, thank u for teaching me!
They have a trigger safety which blocks the trigger from being pulled unless you have your finger in the trigger, then a set of internal mechanisms that also prevent the striker from hitting the cartridge without having the trigger pulled. It consists of: