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Originally Posted by Jyezahn
...........The sear deactivation lever (and instruction to use it in the manual) is simply S&W's way around liability in case you don't have the sense of mind to check your chamber each and every time you disassemble your gun.
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Ah, no. A recent check of NYPD stats showed that 75% of the AD/ND/UD incidents happened during what we'd call routine handling: loading, unloading and "cleaning". Fully half of those incidents involved personal injury.
The intent was to make it extemely difficult for someone to contribute to those stats.
However, there's always the tendency to take shortcuts. That being the case, the individual involved owns the entire responsibility for the incident.