Ask him exactly what law would have prevented this. How would said law be enforced?philip964 wrote:My liberal friend is having field day with this.
2011 is not starting out well for the 2A.
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- Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:32 pm
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- Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:24 pm
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OK, thought you meant there was a 1911 or beretta style safety. I do leave mine on the half cock though.Keith B wrote:Half-cock or a hammer block is the standard for safety on derringers. Not my personal choice for a secure method.rm9792 wrote:What safety? None of mine have safeties. I think there is a halfcock though.Keith B wrote:I personally am not a big fan of derringers as I don't think many folks properly use the safeties on them. Additionally, many have an open trigger, so if fully cocked, all one has to do is drop it and if it hits right (or maybe that should be wrong), then you have an ND.
- Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:31 am
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What safety? None of mine have safeties. I think there is a halfcock though.Keith B wrote:I personally am not a big fan of derringers as I don't think many folks properly use the safeties on them. Additionally, many have an open trigger, so if fully cocked, all one has to do is drop it and if it hits right (or maybe that should be wrong), then you have an ND.
- Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:49 am
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Do they make a derringer holster? If I carry one it is in my front pocket, no holster and quite safe. Hard to draw quick though. If i amusing a holster then may as well carry a small 9mm or .380. Derringer is a last resort, ultra concealed item to me.jamisjockey wrote:Another case to be made for carrying a proper weapon in a proper holster. Pocket carry is for TV.
- Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:35 am
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A derringer has no need for a trigger guard. They are carried hammer down and the trigger is SAO. you could bang that trigger with a hammer and it can't fire the gun just like a 1911 with the hammer down. What can happen is the hammer impacts something in a fall and that transfers energy to the firing pin. I don't believe they have transfer bars or anything, just an alternating flat strip between firing pins.RPB wrote:Derringer
That brings up something I rarely mention
Some (many) Derringers don't have trigger guards, some do.
I prefer a trigger guard.
Although this incident appeared to be a gun without a drop safety, Chron says it dropped to the floor and fired. or .... the lack of a trigger guard might have increased the chance the trigger struck the floor at an angle somehow ...
I prefer a trigger guard.
**Sounds like he pocket carried n a coat, unholstered maybe, since the gun "fell out" of his coat pocket while moving his coat ....