• cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de
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    20 hours ago

    “To shoot her through the chest whilst she was standing would have required him to have been pointing the gun at his daughter, without checking for bullets, and pulling the trigger,” the coroner said. “I find these actions to be reckless.”

    Whoopsies! I usually make sure not to pull the trigger when casually pointing a loaded gun at a family member’s chest. But that’s just me being overly cautious.

    • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
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      19 hours ago

      I am baffled at how this doesn’t constitute premeditated murder. They had some argument and then guy’s like “know what? I know what I’m gonna do.” And did it. What freaking horror.

    • PhoenixDog@lemmy.world
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      18 hours ago

      I just accidentally beat my daughter to death. The bat just went off on it’s own. I was just showing her the bat then all of a sudden she was bludgeoned to death. I have no idea what happened!

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      16 hours ago

      Well glocks don’t have safeties and require you to pull the trigger to disassemble. Negligent discharges when trying to show them off to people absolutely do happen, and with how you have to hold the gun to take it apart the “don’t point at anything you don’t wish to shoot” rule gets overlooked a lot.

      They’re the default “modern” handgun but I’ve always said they are a terrible design.

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        11 minutes ago

        Finally, a fellow Glock hater!

        Two things that should be completely unacceptable in a modern firearm:

        • Having no safety mechanism whatsoever. (Trigger dingus doesn’t count.)

        • Requiring a trigger pull (or even putting your finger inside the trigger guard) for any other reason than intending to fire a shot.

        And there are so many excellent modern pistols out there that don’t break these two rules. Pistols that do everything a Glock can do, but without these glaring safety issues. So why is the Glock still the ‘default’ choice? It’s especially egregious to see it as a recommendation to novice shooters. Dealing with these safety issues should require an expert. Putting a gun with these issues into the hands of a new shooter is just asking for trouble.