• Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    What… What’s even the point? You can’t pull the trigger, unless you pull the trigger? This is one of the most useless things I’ve ever seen

    • mipadaitu@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      They’re intended as a safety to reduce the chances of a malfunction, or a dropped gun causing it to discharge. It’s not intended as a safety in terms of accidentally pulling the trigger.

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      6 months ago

      Meant to prevent misfires. The trigger doesn’t directly cause firing: there’s a hammer to strike the primer

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      6 months ago

      I’ve always heard that safeties provide a false sense of security and complacency. Not sure if there has been any study on that. Trigger safeties are intended to prevent discharges if the gun is dropped or something impacts the trigger.