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Only government actors are safe with arms, part 364
"One sheriff's deputy shot himself in the leg while pulling out his gun to confront a suspect.
Another accidentally fired a bullet in a restroom stall. A third deputy stumbled over a stroller in a closet as he was searching for a suspect, squeezing off a round that went through a wall and lodged in a piece of furniture in the next room.
Accidental gunshots by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies have more than doubled in two years, endangering bystanders and occasionally injuring deputies."
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Unless they've changed, they carry M92's which have triggers measuring in double digits and feel like dragging a tooth over a cinderblock, so how in the hell could they have an AD?
The pistols carried by NYC officers are famous for their heavy triggers, but I believe the M&Ps carried in LA are standard triggers. I laughed at the idea that officers were using two fingers for the first, DA shot when they fired their traditional DA Beretta pistols. The trigger is just no that heavy as I'm sure readers here know.
@Jim....thats how we were trained, believe it or not. I was a reserve deputy for a couple of years, went through the reserve academy and qualified....barely, with the M92. I shoot expert or better with a Glock or 1911.
And I purchased my own Stainless M92 for duty carry (when I carried, I was a SAR deputy) and the department armourer rejected it because the trigger (factory) was too clean - it still felt like dragging my teeth over a cinderblock, compared to my 1911.
Keep your booger hooker off the trigger!
You can depend on the po lice cause they are trained in how to handle a weapon and they very rarely make a mistake. Actually they have more problems with their guns than do armed civilians who tend to practice their shooting safety and technique more than police. There are police who practice regularly and who, sometimes, have to pay for their own practice ammo. They are the the ones with the expert/distinguished expert NRA pins.
Sure, blame the firearm! It is absolutely the fault of the firearm that these people put their fingers on the trigger when they are not ready to fire. Something about the pistol just grabbed the trigger finger and put it ont he trigger, evil M&P!