Sear deactivation lever (yellow)...why?

[zymurgeist]

No amount of extra steps is going to protect an idiot. If they really wanted to do something clever the takedown lever itself would deactivate the sear. Then even if the gun was chambered when you tried to take it down you couldn't make it fire. Until then I think I'll just unload my gun properly before working on it like I was taught fifty years ago.

 

[Saudade]

I may get slammed by the mods for this...

Try reading the manual.

 

[Rastoff]

I guess when that lever is down the trigger won't work? Am I correct?

Correct. However, there is no normal situation where it will actually prevent the gun from working. As soon as a magazine is inserted, the lever is pushed back up.

 

[Targets Guy]

I bought my Shield 9mm back in Sep 2015. I pushed the yellow sear lever down and have never seen it again. 527 rounds later it remains hidden.

 

[ockgator]

Just a few weeks ago there was a ND near our home where 3 got injured, None too seriously IIRC..... The culprit?, Trying to take gun apart and there was a live one in the chamber. Can NEVER bee too safe with guns.

 

[Limeybtrd]

I'm finding I have to adjust the yellow sear to put the the slide back on again on my shield plus. So in essence the sear needs to be fiddled with twice during field assembly and disassembly. Once if you use the trigger.