I'm not a Glock person, preferring my 1911 platform. That being said, this is a good lesson for all of us to obviously never trust a safety 100%. This was a person that reached for his holstered Glock 45 ACP. He 'fumbled" it and grabbed for it on the way to the floor. It landed butt first on the floor and discharged upward into the unfortunate person's hand. It wasn't hardball ammo but, rather, JHP from what was eventually learned. Asking an honest question since I have never shot a Glock.....do they have multiple safeties that "should" prevent this from happening? I have no idea. These pics were sent to me by the person who treated him at the scene. You can easily tell which was the entrance and exit wounds.
Be safe out there and always remember rule's #1 and 2 regarding firearm safety.
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Asking an honest question since I have never shot a Glock.....do they have multiple safeties that "should" prevent this from happening? ]
Yes - trigger safety lever, firing pin/striker safety block, drop safety (trigger bar) - in my opinion, they all work well to prevent this.
Lot of possibilities - stock gun or not, aftermarket parts, U-Tube warrior assembling or "upgrading" - or a no-Sh*t failure of one of the three - need the details of the pistol.
Ok, since no one else will say it I will. my guess would be he effed up and used the fumbled drop as an excuse. he was probably dicking around with it doing who knows what and popped himself in the hand. since he knew he'd be ostracized by friends and family he came up with the fumble story. I think this is more likely than what he said happened. I could be wrong and my unsolicited free opinion is worth every penny. either way it looks painful and lessons were learned.
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I'm only familiar with a glock 36, which is one of my daily carry guns. It has never "gone off" unless the trigger was pulled, and I've never dropped it so can't comment on that outcome. There had to be more to the story regarding what really happened.
Ok, since no one else will say it I will. my guess would be he effed up and used the fumbled drop as an excuse. he was probably dicking around with it doing who knows what and popped himself in the hand. since he knew he'd be ostracized by friends and family he came up with the fumble story. I think this is more likely than what he said happened. I could be wrong and my unsolicited free opinion is worth every penny. either way it looks painful and lessons were learned.
That’d be my first guess. Probably lied to the ER Doc that treated him. Like the Grand Poobah stated above, Glocks go through multiple drop tests.
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That looks like my dong after a drunken night at Mona's in Elko.
AH64Guy is correct in that there's a lot of unanswered questions, but Colorado is likely correct too. Unaltered Glocks (hate them or love them) aren't going to go off by just dropping them. They're one of the safer pistols IMO, from an accidental discharge standpoint. I honestly can't see any situation where one could "accidentally" go off, even if brush somehow got into the trigger guard while you're stomping and pushing through it. There's no safety to knock off and subsequent light single action trigger to pull. It is basically a relatively light double action pull and you have to somehow get your finger in the trigger guard and pull hard on the trigger safety. Even the weight of the gun shouldn't be anywhere near the weight of the trigger pull.
Unless it was a seriously modified glock, I do not buy the fumble story.
That looks like my dong after a drunken night at Mona's in Elko.
AH64Guy is correct in that there's a lot of unanswered questions, but Colorado is likely correct too. Unaltered Glocks (hate them or love them) aren't going to go off by just dropping them. They're one of the safer pistols IMO, from an accidental discharge standpoint. I honestly can't see any situation where one could "accidentally" go off, even if brush somehow got into the trigger guard while you're stomping and pushing through it. There's no safety to knock off and subsequent light single action trigger to pull. It is basically a relatively light double action pull and you have to somehow get your finger in the trigger guard and pull hard on the trigger safety. Even the weight of the gun shouldn't be anywhere near the weight of the trigger pull.
Unless it was a seriously modified glock, I do not buy the fumble story.
I was gonna say Juarez
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I vote he was disassembling it, didn’t make sure it was unloaded, and when he pulled the trigger to remove the slide, sent a round through his hand. Then made up the drop story to save face.
Oh, and believe it or not, deer bite. Fairly hard.
I vote he was disassembling it, didn’t make sure it was unloaded, and when he pulled the trigger to remove the slide, sent a round through his hand. Then made up the drop story to save face.
Wouldn’t surprise me. Had a dumb ass cousin that did that with a el cheapo 25 acp.
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
I vote he was disassembling it, didn’t make sure it was unloaded, and when he pulled the trigger to remove the slide, sent a round through his hand. Then made up the drop story to save face.
This seems likely, especially as it’s a left hand and most of us are right handed.
In any case, I’m thinking his story is BS.
I wonder if he’ll go after Glock for damages. That would be an interesting case to watch.
I vote he was disassembling it, didn’t make sure it was unloaded, and when he pulled the trigger to remove the slide, sent a round through his hand. Then made up the drop story to save face.
This seems likely, especially as it’s a left hand and most of us are right handed.
In any case, I’m thinking his story is BS.
I wonder if he’ll go after Glock for damages. That would be an interesting case to watch.
BS? That ain’t Hollywood....
You only live once, but...if you do it right, once is enough.
I vote he was disassembling it, didn’t make sure it was unloaded, and when he pulled the trigger to remove the slide, sent a round through his hand. Then made up the drop story to save face.
This seems likely, especially as it’s a left hand and most of us are right handed.
In any case, I’m thinking his story is BS.
I wonder if he’ll go after Glock for damages. That would be an interesting case to watch.
BS? That ain’t Hollywood....
I'm not sure I understand what you mean. I'm not saying he didn't shoot himself in the hand, I'm saying I think his story about how it happened is BS.
Gotta wonder about aftermarket parts and/or was this gun modified in any way? I'd like to get the hard facts on that. Could this gun be one of the billion or so Glocks with trigger mods or who knows what else? The only thing that scares me about Glocks is when something unintended finds its way inside the trigger guard puts just enough pressure on the trigger. I like my unmodified G-19 but I wish they had some type of external safety other than the safe trigger.
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