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From: gordonh@milton.u.washington.edu (Gordon Hayes)
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: Re: Magazine Safety
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Date: 6 Jun 91 14:58:49 GMT
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maarrrk@gauss.ucsb.edu (Mark Erickson) writes:


#In article <35246@mimsy.umd.edu> snitor!petert@uunet.UU.NET (Peter Toth) writes:
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##Apropos: for the longest time i've been puzzled by magazine safeties.
##Can anyone explain what are they good for besides rendering the gun less
##than useless while reloading ?
##
##Thanx
##
##Peter Toth

#	Picture this:  Joe Idiot (apologies to Joes out there) buys
#	an autoloader.  Demonstrating it to a friend, he loads it up
#	(round in the chamber).  he then takes the magazine out, 
#	says, "It's unloaded now, see?" and proceeds to shoot himself
#	with it.  Magazine safeties prevent this kind of behavior.
#	I myself believe in Natural Selection, and hence am against
#	magazine safeties :+)

#--maarrrk

#	p.s. S&W magazine safeties aren't too difficult to remove,
#	and the removal can be reversed...

Not to mention, that magazine safties for combat pieces, are insane...

-- 
Gordon Hayes, MCIS, University of Washington
gordonh@milton.u.washington.edu
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore"