• CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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    “I know we just had a fight and you went to another room to be alone, but check out my cool new gun that is loaded with the safety off and pointed in your direction!”

    JFC.

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        Really? I would have assumed a safety would be required by law on all firearms post-, say, 1960 but I guess I’m not really that surprised.

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          As I understand it, a Glock’s safety is on the trigger so it’s always on unless you have your finger on the trigger.

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          As soon as I read “glock”, I could have told you what happened.

          Lots of these redneck yahoos get their weapons modified for a lighter trigger pull. And without a manual safety, that means misfiring a glock becomes incredibly easy. Absolutely possible he was trying to do a finger spin with his new lethal toy and killed his daughter.

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            First post: “this doesn’t have a source to the real story.” (Does not provide a source)

            This post: completely fabricated story to try to excuse what “may” have happened.

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            I dont know why you are bothering to find a way to make his obvious lie sound plausible. He just murdered her. Pointed the gun and pulled the trigger.

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          All a safety really does is prevent you from pulling the trigger. Someone who needs that shouldn’t be handling guns in the first place.