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Old 02-18-2015, 03:16 PM
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ST. JOSEPH, Mich. – Police say a 55-year-old southwestern Michigan woman who died after accidentally shooting herself in the head in January was adjusting a handgun in her bra holster at the time.

Woman fatally shot self while adjusting bra holster

I guess it's safest to stick with "traditional holsters". As you probably remember, not so long ago there was a death involving a concealed carry purse.
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I have seen these bra holsters and for women carrying smallish guns they seem to be ideal. It doesn't matter much what holster you use if you forget your safety rules - here this poor woman is adjusting a handgun that is obviously muzzle up and somehow she touches the trigger, thereby destroying her best safety, the one that, sadly, she was not using - her brain.

I cannot fault a lady for using a bra holster - the convenience is vast - but a loaded weapon not properly inside any holster requires a whole lot of caution!
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Training training training..... And proper, repeatable, sensible training is the only thing that will stop these tragedies. I pray that this woman's family can learn proficiency with their tools for this terrible price, so that her life was not wasted. RIP...
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Old 02-18-2015, 04:27 PM
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I'm sorry, it happened on New Year's in Detroit. Way more "information" needed about this than is available. Joe
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Not literally a "concealed carry" incident, but a negligent discharge that happened to involve holstering. Tragic to say the least.
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I have known female LEO's for thirty-nine (39) years. Nary a one has used a bra holster. That is a fact.

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Old 02-18-2015, 07:23 PM
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Tragic accident, but her fault non the less.
Always have to know where your trigger finger is.
Be interesting to know what kind of gun it was, I've seen some cheap guns that I wouldn't carry even if empty.
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I have known female LEO's for thirty-nine (39) years. Nary a one has used a bra holster. That is a fact.
I think that bra holsters are a fairly new development of the concealed carry movement and more women joining that movement. I don't think these were very common until recently.

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Google "Flash Bang Holster". There is almost no way you can draw from that thing without pointing the muzzle at things you don't want shot.
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Everytime this happens, people come on and say "training, training, training". The vast majority of people don't GET any training, because nobody says they have to, they don't want to spend the money, or because they feel they HAVE been trained by some equally incompetent shooter.

On another forum I belong to, there was a debate about a safety being on a semi auto. Some police chief shot himself in the leg in a gun shop with his Glock. The glock fanboys started in with the "my finger is my safety" and "my safety is between my ears". Many others, like myself, feel they are an asset, since they reduce the likelihood of an AD. And with very little practice, they become intuitive. After all, people carried semi auto's for decades until Glock graced mankind with his presence.

So one guy gets on there, and starts screaming about people liking safeties are afraid of their guns. He says his teachers in his "advanced pistol course" taught him safeties are dangerous and will get you killed. Says he carries his Beretta PX4 chambered and cocked.

So I figure he's mistaken and ask him to clarify. Was he really carrying a Beretta PX4 cocked with the hammer back on a live round? Couldn't be, right? WRONG! He WAS carrying it that way! according to him and his "teachers", it's no different than a Glock! Didn't understand a striker fired weapon over a hammer fired.

I bet this woman had BASIC instruction, and by that I mean "the bullet comes out of this end".

This is why I shoot on weekdays and early. Too many idiots thinking they're competent out there who don't know squat about guns.

And I bet the gun used here was a Glock or some other striker fired safety-less auto. She's not carrying a steel gun in a bra. And I bet she got that gun because "the cops use these so they're the best, right?"

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I have lived long enough to know that things are seldom as they appear.
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Well. You dont need money to train yourself to keep your hand off the trigger. To me that is money wasted. But training is essential for sure. People think guns make them Gods and yes safeties will get you killed. Id really just like to point out that our military uses safeties and theyre the ones looking for danger. And yes. I own many glocks and love them, but people are too cocky with saying my finger is my safety or my safety is between my ears : /

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Old 02-18-2015, 09:38 PM
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That's my point. Some idiot decided a bra holster was somehow a swell idea.

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Its fine. Just pick a gun with a safety on it!
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Old 02-18-2015, 10:26 PM
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I almost got run out of this forum when I posted that I would not carry without a manual safety engaged. The majority of responses were that I shouldn't own a semi if I felt that way, "no better than carrying a brick". This accident is just another example where an engaged manual safety would have most likely prevented this tragedy.
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Old 02-18-2015, 10:40 PM
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Internet search for "bra holster" if you need visuals.
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Even with training, careless accidents can happen... check out this DEA agent teaching a safety class and shoots himself in the foot...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzHEOSyMqug
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Far too many gun owners have gotten all their "training" by a salesperson at the LGS. It's not far removed from getting driving instruction at the car dealer upon signing for your new vehicle.

A few years ago at my local one-horse-town shop, a fellow walked in with a shiny new semi-auto. I can't recall what it was, but I will never forget that the gent bought it elsewhere because he got a "deal". Only problem was he had no idea how to rack the slide or insert the magazine. He was too embarrassed to go back where he got the "deal", thus came into my LGS for a bit of advice. The owner has been around firearms all her life, and took Mr. Neophyte through all the basic safety steps, giving him free information that probably saved his life or some else's. Was the customer a bad person? An irresponsible cretin? A Mall Ninja Trainee? No. he was simply a person who purchased a firearm before he had Clue #1 on how to operate it safely, and was ignorant of basic protocols associated with handling firearms. Now, the question of whether he should have been able to make a purchase without requisite training is an entirely different issue ... a Pandora's Box not to be opened here and now.

This fellow is not the first, nor the last, person to buy a handgun for CCW or self/home defense with minimal knowledge on operational fundamentals. He and his uninformed brethren are walking talking NDs waiting to happen. And until people wise up and realize they individually and collectively NEED a modicum of training as gun owners, we will continue to see tragedies occur. Ironically, such tragedies/accidents can happen to even experienced gun owners. The four basic rules should be embedded in every firearm owner's memory bank, irrespective of personal experience.
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Just to add some perspective here there are between 80 and 100 MILLION gun owners in this country.

In 2011 (the last year I could find data for) there were 32,351 deaths caused by firearms (that’s something like 1/10 of 1% of the population).

Of those 32,351 deaths 591 were ruled accidental> I can’t even begin to do the math on that one but I bet it’s less than 1/10000th of 1% of the total population.

Not what I’d call an epidemic by any means
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Its fine. Just pick a gun with a safety on it!
I have only ever carried DA/SAs or striker fired pistols.
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Never point a gun at anything you don't want to destroy. Plain, simple logic. And DO NOT believe that a manual safety would make this go away. Safeties fail.
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Never point a gun at anything you don't want to destroy. Plain, simple logic. And DO NOT believe that a manual safety would make this go away. Safeties fail.
I've seen a lot of people fail, but in 28 yrs of shooting, I have yet to see a safety fail....
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I have a 5906 purchased 21 years ago.Looked at a Sig .45ACP a few mos. ago and like the operation/safety of the 5906 much better. S&W revolvers seem much simpler and safer to me.

What sucks is the first time my wife shot it last weekend she's better than me with it. 21 years of ownership and I am terrible at shooting it. Last weekend she shot it very well with her limited experience. The 21 years of marriage with her has been much better than 21 years of me trying to shoot the 5906!!! Confession done! OK? Thank you!

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Safeties can and will fail. They must be checked on a regular basis.

I know someone who had a SD/DA autoloader. He inserted a magazine and dropped the slide. Flipped the slide mounted safety down and the gun fired 3 rounds through his back door. There was a forest behind his house so no damage done except to the door.

Safeties are just little metal pieces. They can wear out and break.

Most accidents occur when loading or unloading or handing when holstering. Be careful. Dont take you carry gun out unless you really have to. Recently a man shot and killed his 7 year old son outside a gunshop. I think he was probably reholstering his gun because the gunshop did not allow him to carry inside. It would have been safer to just keep it in the holster. I dont know this to be fact but I suspect that may be what happened. I dont frequent shops that dont allow carry because of this hazard. If I must go somewhere I know I have to stow the gun, then I go with an empty chamber. I really dont like that but the alternative of an unintention discharge scares me.
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( QUOTE People think guns make them Gods and yes safeties will get you killed...UNQUOTE). Providing that you are competent with the use of your gun....how will safeties get you killed ???
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Safeties can and will fail. They must be checked on a regular basis.

I know someone who had a SD/DA autoloader. He inserted a magazine and dropped the slide. Flipped the slide mounted safety down and the gun fired 3 rounds through his back door. There was a forest behind his house so no damage done except to the door.

Safeties are just little metal pieces. They can wear out and break.
You know someone who had three rounds fire from a DA/SA semi-auto when he engaged the safety? Sounds like the gun went full auto. How did the safety do this? Was this a hammer drop safety? Sounds an awful like the sear didn't engage after the first round, finger on the trigger? Did the gun have a rebounding firing pin? Possible slam fire?

I ask this because most DA/SA semi-autos I've seen have a sear that engages the hammer to keep this from happening. Both my Kimbers have a sear as do my Berettas that prevents the hammer from following the slide as it travels forward. The sear doesn't release till I let the trigger go forward enough to cause an operating bar to engage the sear which will then release the hammer on the next pull of the trigger thereby allowing the hammer to fire the next cartridge.

Sorry this is so long I'm just trying to understand what you posted.
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( QUOTE People think guns make them Gods and yes safeties will get you killed...UNQUOTE). Providing that you are competent with the use of your gun....how will safeties get you killed ???
You misunderstood or i didnt communicate properly. I was saying that they dont get you killed. But in line with that sentence i was being facetious.
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Most accidents occur when loading or unloading or handing when holstering. Be careful. Dont take you carry gun out unless you really have to. Recently a man shot and killed his 7 year old son outside a gunshop. I think he was probably reholstering his gun because the gunshop did not allow him to carry inside. It would have been safer to just keep it in the holster. I dont know this to be fact but I suspect that may be what happened. I dont frequent shops that dont allow carry because of this hazard. If I must go somewhere I know I have to stow the gun, then I go with an empty chamber. I really dont like that but the alternative of an unintention discharge scares me.
so. You make a claim that accidents happen when holster and reholster but you reference a story whch you dont know the circumstances.
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Everytime this happens, people come on and say "training, training, training". The vast majority of people don't GET any training, because nobody says they have to, they don't want to spend the money, or because they feel they HAVE been trained by some equally incompetent shooter.

On another forum I belong to, there was a debate about a safety being on a semi auto. Some police chief shot himself in the leg in a gun shop with his Glock. The glock fanboys started in with the "my finger is my safety" and "my safety is between my ears". Many others, like myself, feel they are an asset, since they reduce the likelihood of an AD. And with very little practice, they become intuitive. After all, people carried semi auto's for decades until Glock graced mankind with his presence.

So one guy gets on there, and starts screaming about people liking safeties are afraid of their guns. He says his teachers in his "advanced pistol course" taught him safeties are dangerous and will get you killed. Says he carries his Beretta PX4 chambered and cocked.

So I figure he's mistaken and ask him to clarify. Was he really carrying a Beretta PX4 cocked with the hammer back on a live round? Couldn't be, right? WRONG! He WAS carrying it that way! according to him and his "teachers", it's no different than a Glock! Didn't understand a striker fired weapon over a hammer fired.

I bet this woman had BASIC instruction, and by that I mean "the bullet comes out of this end".

This is why I shoot on weekdays and early. Too many idiots thinking they're competent out there who don't know squat about guns.

And I bet the gun used here was a Glock or some other striker fired safety-less auto. She's not carrying a steel gun in a bra. And I bet she got that gun because "the cops use these so they're the best, right?"

Credible news outlets have reported that she was armed with a .22 revolver. While that's seemingly incredible, I've not seen anything to contradict it.


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First off, it's tragic that it even happened. Accidental discharges, even if they don't cause physical damage, are a traumatic thing.

On the other hand, believe it or not, I've never had the desire to even try a bra holster. I guess I should consider myself fortunate.
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You know someone who had three rounds fire from a DA/SA semi-auto when he engaged the safety? Sounds like the gun went full auto. How did the safety do this? Was this a hammer drop safety? Sounds an awful like the sear didn't engage after the first round, finger on the trigger? Did the gun have a rebounding firing pin? Possible slam fire?

I ask this because most DA/SA semi-autos I've seen have a sear that engages the hammer to keep this from happening. Both my Kimbers have a sear as do my Berettas that prevents the hammer from following the slide as it travels forward. The sear doesn't release till I let the trigger go forward enough to cause an operating bar to engage the sear which will then release the hammer on the next pull of the trigger thereby allowing the hammer to fire the next cartridge.

Sorry this is so long I'm just trying to understand what you posted.
There is no firing pin lock on this early model. The design was changed to add one later. Not sure what caused the three round burst. Others of this model were also known to have fired when the hammer drop safety was used. The firing pin has a spring.
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so. You make a claim that accidents happen when holster and reholster but you reference a story whch you dont know the circumstances.
I am not making a claim. It is just speculation on my part.

When you handle loaded guns, stuff happens. I knew the head of an alphabet organization in a large midwest city. He took off his PPK every morning and put it in a safe in his office. One day, while turning the safe dial, he fired off a round. Why? I dont know. It was a safety slug and he was not hurt. The shot and metal jacket were found on the floor. It would have been better if he had kept the gun in the holster. The slug hit the safe at around six inches. I was surprised he told me this. He was really shook up.

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I am confused. Did he fire off the round or did the gun randomly shoot off a round?
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Dont know. The PPK has a stiff DA pull. Possible it was somehow cocked.
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Even with training, careless accidents can happen... check out this DEA agent teaching a safety class and shoots himself in the foot...

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Or the police chief who discharged his Glop in the gun store. I'm sure he was well trained.

Google accidental discharges by police. A sample

http://www.policemag.com/list/tag/ac...ischarges.aspx
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Dont know. The PPK has a stiff DA pull. Possible it was somehow cocked.
So again. Youre drawing conclusions of which you dont know the circumstances. Im not quite sure thats the best way.
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Or the police chief who discharged his Glop in the gun store. I'm sure he was well trained.

Google accidental discharges by police. A sample

http://www.policemag.com/list/tag/ac...ischarges.aspx
I wish those articles would state something more than AD. AD could be someone pulling the trigger, not a fail on safety. Unfortunately the site doesnt expand on details. But I really doubt it is random guns firing off due to someone not pulling the trigger with the safety engaged.

There was a guy on there suing glock for not having adequate safety after his 3 year old got the gun and shot him : / talk about a moron.
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I think that bra holsters are a fairly new development of the concealed carry movement and more women joining that movement. I don't think these were very common until recently.

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Not as new as one might think. Skeeter mentioned them in passing in the 60's.
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Credible news outlets have reported that she was armed with a .22 revolver. While that's seemingly incredible, I've not seen anything to contradict it.


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Actually, I can see that fairly easily. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the NAA mini revolvers don't have safeties other than the safety notches on the cylinder. If that's true, it's completely possible that she either already lowered the hammer on a primer or, in the process of adjusting the gun, she bumped the hammer, moving it from the safety notch.
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Actually, I can see that fairly easily. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the NAA mini revolvers don't have safeties other than the safety notches on the cylinder. If that's true, it's completely possible that she either already lowered the hammer on a primer or, in the process of adjusting the gun, she bumped the hammer, moving it from the safety notch.

Understood - I had no idea she was carrying that particular revolver.


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I had safeties fail twice in 50 years of shooting and hunting, once on an old Winchester bolt action .22 LR rifle; once on a bolt action Ruger M77 chambered in 7mm mag. The Ruger was later recalled due to this exact issue.

Each time, the rifle fired when I tried to unload a chambered round by working the bolt. Each time, the muzzle was pointed in a safe direction,. I did not touch the trigger either time. Each time, it scared me.

Yes, mechanical objects are ALL subject to failure.
That is not the safety which in referring, though that is a safety issue. I know you werent addressing me, but i was talking about safety lever engaged and someone pulling the trigger.
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Understood - I had no idea she was carrying that particular revolver.


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I don't know that she was, but after seeing pics of that holster, and your report that she had a 22 revolver, that's what my mind went to as the gun fits the description of a 22 and would fit with that holster.
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Actually, I can see that fairly easily. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the NAA mini revolvers don't have safeties other than the safety notches on the cylinder. If that's true, it's completely possible that she either already lowered the hammer on a primer or, in the process of adjusting the gun, she bumped the hammer, moving it from the safety notch.
With the hammer down it is resting on the cartridge like the Colt and old Ruger SAs. The safety notches don't work very well so it is safer to carry it with the hammer on an empty chamber. Maybe she was carrying it cocked. Larry
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Even with training, careless accidents can happen... check out this DEA agent teaching a safety class and shoots himself in the foot...

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This guy isn't very bright, he shouldn't even carry a blank gun.
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^Yes - that was a very bizarre incident.^


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I have seen these bra holsters and for women carrying smallish guns they seem to be ideal. It doesn't matter much what holster you use if you forget your safety rules - here this poor woman is adjusting a handgun that is obviously muzzle up and somehow she touches the trigger, thereby destroying her best safety, the one that, sadly, she was not using - her brain.

I cannot fault a lady for using a bra holster - the convenience is vast - but a loaded weapon not properly inside any holster requires a whole lot of caution!
2 little words in this post get right to the whole potential problem with a bra holster, "muzzle up." Every bra holster I've seen positions the gun muzzle up, right toward the head of the woman who would wear it. In my opinion, this muzzle pointing at head makes the whole idea a bad one. Unfortunately I don't think this will be the only time we hear of this kind of ND.
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2 little words in this post get right to the whole potential problem with a bra holster, "muzzle up." Every bra holster I've seen positions the gun muzzle up,
Flashbang does not. I have one, not used it yet but it's an option for when other clothing is not suitable or allowed and I still want to carry.
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One of the posters above got it exactly right. A few thoughts in that regard:

1. "My finger is my safety":

I can count on encountering at least one of the "my finger is my safety" crowd at each and every gun show, and on many trips to the range it's not uncommon to encounter an under trained striker fired fan boy wearing his safety less striker fired pistol as a badge of honor while spouting the "my finger is my safety" line.

The problem with that is that it's a very narrow and non systematic view that does not take the real world into consideration.

2. The upsides and downsides of a Glock or similar striker fired system:

Glocks and other striker fired pistols are all the rage currently and their fans will quickly point out the positives.

The Glock did solve two immediate problems when it was introduced - it reduced the training requirements in terms of not having to train people to use a manual safety, and it gave a consistent trigger pull for each and every shot, eliminating the need for shooters to become proficient with both SA and DA trigger pulls.

For American law enforcement the Glock had the added bonus of operating more or less like the DA revolvers many departments transitioned from (and many departments had already bobbed the hammers on their SA/DA revolvers to limit them to DA use only).

What many Glock fans leave out and/or are not aware of is that the Glock was designed with military and European police use in mind, with most troops and officers carrying it with an empty chamber most of the time, racking the slide when they drew it.

They'll quickly point out that's not the case in the US where it is very popular with police, but they'll also leave out the fact that it is not without problems as the lighter and shorter trigger pull, compared to a DA revolver. This led to a significantly increased number of ADs, particularly when re-holstering the weapon. In a OWB duty holster it's nothing that can't be addressed with adequate training, but the training given is often not adequate nor is the practice frequent enough to maintain the required level of skill.

There are also the unexpected type of problems that may not be well covered in training. For example, an Indiana police chief shot him self in the leg after re-holstering his Glock in an OWB duty holster. He managed to holster it with the cord lock for his jacket draw string in the holster, when he tugged on the cord to free it, he fired the weapon. Obviously, he assumed it was just wrapped around or tucked under the outside of the holster, but because he could not see it, he could not verify it, and he obviously lacked the training and insight to recognize the potential threat.

3. Concealed carry poses additional hazards with a striker fired pistol lacking a manual safety:

Concealed carry of the newer and smaller Glocks and other striker fired pistols with no manual safeties take the potential problems to a whole new level. Many of the concealed carry users do not understand or recognize the need to fully protect the trigger while carrying the pistol, and in particular while re-holstering the pistol in an IWB holster to ensure the trigger and holster are free of obstructions.

The shorter, lighter trigger on a striker fire pistol, along with the lack of a hammer places it at a serious disadvantage compared to DA revolver, or an SA/DA pistol carried with the safety off. For example, when re-holstering a J-Frame .38 or a Walther PPK/S I can place my thumb over the back of the hammer. With my thumb in that position, if the trigger is in anyway obstructed entering the holster, I'll feel the hammer starting to come back. That, combined with the long and comparatively heavy DA trigger pull gives me ample warning that I have a problem. You don't get that same level of tactile warning with a striker fired pistol due to the lack of a hammer, and the lighter trigger pull gives you less margin of error to detect the problem based on the force needed to holster the weapon.

4. Holster design is paramount to safety with a striker fired design, but is not fully understood by many striker fired pistol users:

The irony here is that at the last gun show I was at, a vendor selling what is one of the best available IWB holsters for a concealed carry Glock was spouting the "finger is my safety" line.

I commented that the very well constructed and reinforced mouth of the holster, along with the belt clip design, allows a Glock shooter to remove the entire holster from the belt quickly and easily to enable them to insert the pistol in the holster out of the waist band, where they can ensure the trigger is not obstructed and the stiff holster mouth ensures it won't fold over and obstruct the trigger. I suggested he should be selling those features, not discounting them with his "my finger is my safety" line, and in the process ignoring the flaws in that logic, as there a lot of other things besides a finger that can unintentionally activate a trigger

5. "A" safety versus "THE" safety:

Everyone's finger should be a safety, but making it the only safety in a larger system of potential safeties and safety practices is really stupid and short sighted.

6. Sweeping yourself is never a good idea, regardless of what you carry:

The final consideration, in addition to protecting the trigger, and visually observing the re-holstering process to ensure it is un obstructed, is whether you can carry the handgun in a manner that lets you draw it without swiping parts of your body you don't want to shoot.

Carrying on the hip on the strong hand side at 3 to 5 o'clock is ideal as you won't sweep yourself or others during the draw, or of you do it will be minimal.

Shoulder holsters and cross draw holsters on the hip also allow for a sweep free draw, but you run much more risk of sweeping others.

Appendix carry and specialty holsters like bra holsters make it very difficult to draw without pointing the weapon at yourself.

If you're going to carry that way, and you want to carry a Glock or similar pistol, you're really putting an unacceptable amount of reliance on "my finger is my safety" and you're betting that nothing unforeseen will ever happen.
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