I wonder how many will truthfully say....

[Seaforth]

That they have been carrying a Glock and expenced an unintended discharge. I am a CCW and have witnessed two (Admittedly by new users)

 

[Seaforth]

That they have been carrying a Glock and expenced an unintended discharge. I am a CCW and have witnessed two (Admittedly by new users)

 

[vcs700s]

I carry two Glocks (26 and 19) and have never experienced this. I am assuming you mean you pulled the trigger with a round in the chamber and didn't mean to.

There are I believe 3 drop safety's on the Glock so if you keep the gun in a proper holster I don't see how an "unintended discharge" could happen.

 

[rchance]

I carry a glock 30 everyday and have never had a problem. I've never herd of one discharging unless you pull the trigger. How were these firearms carried that supposedly discharged unententially?

 

[Bassamatic]

I am a CCW and have witnessed two (Admittedly by new users)

Did they "accidentally" pull the trigger?

I also have never heard of a Glock discharging without the trigger being pulled.

 

[Spotteddog]

Or with anything else?
With the possible exception of a Nambu?

 

[cmort666]

Originally posted by Seaforth:
That they have been carrying a Glock and expenced an unintended discharge. I am a CCW and have witnessed two (Admittedly by new users)

The ONLY ND I've ever had was with an M1911. And it was COMPLETELY my fault.

I'm VERY careful with my Glocks. I even switched holsters because I didn't think the Bianchi IWB I was using was safe.

 

[cabindriver]

Originally posted by Seaforth:
That they have been carrying a Glock and expenced an unintended discharge. I am a CCW and have witnessed two (Admittedly by new users)

I normally carry a Glock 27. I am extremely careful when holstering. In fact, when loaded, it usually stays in the holster. What happened with the two new users?

 

[JamesArthur60]

Originally posted by Seaforth:
That they have been carrying a Glock and expenced an unintended discharge. I am a CCW and have witnessed two (Admittedly by new users)

You may have answered your own question..."admittedly by new users". Those here who have answered no, are more than likely experienced, careful, knowledgable Glock shooters/owners. No matter what gun, we all know it's all about firearm safety.

 

[SuperTroll]

I've been carrying a Glock 26 for years.

There's no way to accidentally discharge it except by accidentally pulling the trigger.

You need a good holster and you need to exercise caution when holstering.

End of story.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

Originally posted by Supervel:
I've been carrying a Glock 26 for years.

There's no way to accidentally discharge it except by accidentally pulling the trigger.

You need a good holster and you need to exercise caution when holstering.

End of story.

Hard to improve on that post. I suppose that various people could repost the same thing with some number other than 26.

 

[jeffrey]

The one I heard about in Northern New Mexico involved a cop (an administrator and not a "street cop") who shot himself in the leg when he got his finger caught in the trigger guard while reholstering his gun. I heard that this occurred when that dep't had just moved to Glocks from revolvers and he was practicing his quick draw in front of a men's room mirror.

 

[Erich]

Yup.

 

[Goldstar225]

We've had two in our agency (70 officers) in the last 15 years.

(1) A new officer who got the field strip sequence wrong and "cleared" the chamber with a loaded magazine in place before dry firing, almost shot a fellow officer.
(2) A Captain, nice guy but a klutz, who "holstered" his weapon in his hip pocket with his finger on the trigger, shot himself in the calf.

It can be successfully argued that (1) wouldn't have happened with a gun that you didn't have to dry fire to take down and (2) wouldn't have happened if the gun had a long heavy D/A or engaged manual safety.

Be that as it may, the Glock, like any tool, is only as safe as the user and bad things happen if you don't handle it properly.

 

[HKSmith]

I thought this only happened in NYC nightclubs with waistband carry!

 

[Guest]

Been carrying Glocks for 15 Years and haven't had or seen any "Discharge" of any kind that couldn't have happened no matter what the brand of firearm - always someone did something stupid!!!

 

[Dusty Miller]

I don't own any Glocks but if I did you can bet your next paycheck I'd train like crazy to keep my finger away from the trigger until time to shoot. Ya gotta LEARN your gun, failure to do so will most surely result in an ND.

 

[No30]

That's why you should avoid Glocks. Every time the trigger moves to the rear they make a loud noise and a cone shaped lead thing flies out the front. Far too dangerous, if you ask me.

 

[Wyatt Earp]

Originally posted by Dusty Miller:
I don't own any Glocks but if I did you can bet your next paycheck I'd train like crazy to keep my finger away from the trigger until time to shoot.

And this is different with any other firearm, how?

 

[PaulCG]

I've carried a Sig P220 on duty for years with no accidental discharge. I also carry a Glock 36 with no fear of the dang thing going off.
Just like a revolver, you have to pull the trigger. "Supervisors," well that's another story.