[clue-talk] Heller

[Jed S. Baer]

On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:36:07 -0600
Nate Duehr wrote:

> One of the advancements that a lot of police officers avail themselves 
> of is something called a clip-less safety, on semi-automatic weapons.
> 
> If the clip is dropped out, the gun can't be fired.
> 
> Thus, in situations where someone is physically trying to remove the
> gun from your person, if you can get your thumb to the clip drop and
> get it to fall out, even if a round is chambered, they can't shoot you
> with your own weapon.

Ugh. With a magazine safety, if you have a round in the chamber, and your
magazine falls out at the wrong moment, you're prevented from firing when
you need to. Ever accidentally bump the magazine release? I know, it's
not a common thing, but Murphy will kick your ass if you let him.

jed