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Hyunchback wrote:
No matter whether the trigger must be pulled prior to disassembly or not proper procedure is to point the weapon in a safe direction when pulling the trigger. One's head or body is never a safe direction.

I agree. It does, however, make it more likely that someone inexperienced with guns or unfamiliar with safe handling procedures will accidentally discharge their pistol while breaking it down. Accidents like this only fuel many people's perceptions that guns are inherently dangerous and likely to "just go off". Yes a person owning a firearm should be intimately familiar with the safe handling and disassembly of that firearm. However, this is far from a perfect world. A design that makes it inherently easy for an inexperienced person to make a grave mistake during disassembly serves to inflame people's negative misconceptions about the nature of firearms.

frankie_the_yankee wrote:
So whenever I read of someone having an AD or worse when cleaning a gun, it is always a puzzle to me.

Perhaps it was a Glock, and he removed the mag but forgot to eject the round from the chamber. It has been argued on this forum whether or not it is safe to require pulling the trigger as a part of the disassembly procedure...